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

To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of understanding; one must use the same words for the same genus of inward experience; ultimately one must have one's experiences in common.
Friedrich Nietzsche