HyperDic: lamprey_eel

English > 1 sense of the expression lamprey eel:
NOUNanimallamprey eel, lamprey, lamper eelprimitive eellike freshwater or anadromous cyclostome having round sucking mouth with a rasping tongue
English > lamprey eel: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningPrimitive eellike freshwater or anadromous cyclostome having round sucking mouth with a rasping tongue.
Synonymslamprey, lamper eel
Member ofPetromyzontidae, family Petromyzontidaelampreys
Narrowersea lamprey, Petromyzon marinuslarge anadromous lamprey sometimes used as food
Broaderjawless vertebrate, jawless fish, agnathaneel-shaped vertebrate without jaws / jaws or paired appendages including the cyclostomes and some extinct forms
Spanishlamprea
Catalanllamprea, llampresa

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