| NOUN | animal | Petromyzon marinus, sea lamprey | large anadromous lamprey sometimes used as food |
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| Meaning | large anadromous lamprey sometimes used as food; destructive of native fish fauna in the Great Lakes. | |
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| Synonym | sea lamprey | |
| Member of | Petromyzon, genus Petromyzon | typical lampreys |
| Broader | lamprey, lamprey eel, lamper eel | Primitive eellike freshwater or anadromous cyclostome having round sucking mouth with a rasping tongue |
| Spanish | lamprea marina | |
| Catalan | llamprea marina, llampresa de mar, Petromyzon marinus | |
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