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Any primitive freshwater and saltwater fish of the Petromyzontidae family, having a sucking mouth with rasping teeth but no jaw
{n} a kind of eel
primitive eellike freshwater or anadromous cyclostome having round sucking mouth with a rasping tongue
a primitive freshwater and saltwater fish, of the Petromyzontidae family, having a sucking mouth with rasping teeth but no jaw
There are seven small branchial openings on each side
Any of about 22 species of primitive, jawless fishes (with hagfishes in class Agnatha). Lampreys live in coastal and freshwater in temperate regions worldwide except Africa. Eel-like, scaleless animals, they are 6-40 in. (15-100 cm) long. Lampreys have well-developed eyes, a single nostril on top of the head, a cartilaginous skeleton, and a sucking mouth with horny teeth surrounding the round opening. They spend years as burrowing larvae; adults of most species move into the sea. They attach to fish with their mouth and feed on their host's blood and tissues. Some species will remain in freshwater, notably the sea lamprey, which entered the Great Lakes and nearly eliminated lake trout and other commercially important fishes there
An eel-like marsipobranch of the genus Petromyzon, and allied genera
{i} eel-like fish having a rounded mouth and horny teeth
The lampreys have a round, sucking mouth, without jaws, but set with numerous minute teeth, and one to three larger teeth on the palate see Illust
of Cyclostomi
European river lamprey
A European species of lamprey, Lampetra fluviatilis
river lamprey
A common name for European river lamprey, Lampetra fluviatilis
sea lamprey
A parasitic lamprey found in Europe and North America, Petromyzon marinus
A lamprey
rocksucker
A lamprey
petromyzont
The lamprey
nineeyes
lampreys
petromyzontidae
sea lamprey
large anadromous lamprey sometimes used as food; destructive of native fish fauna in the Great Lakes
sea lamprey
The common lamprey
sea lamprey
A large marine lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) common in the Great Lakes and parasitic to freshwater fish
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    /ˈlamprē/ /ˈlæmpriː/

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    [ 'lam-prE, -"prA ] (noun.) 14th century. From Middle English laumprei, adopted from Old French lampreie.