Associations to the word «Lamprey»

Wiktionary

LAMPREY, noun. Any long slender primitive eel-like freshwater and saltwater fish of the Petromyzontidae family, having a sucking mouth with rasping teeth but no jaw.

Dictionary definition

LAMPREY, noun. Primitive eellike freshwater or anadromous cyclostome having round sucking mouth with a rasping tongue.

Wise words

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