Meaning

1 senses
  1. A parasitic lamprey found in Europe and North America, Petromyzon marinus.

    Meerneunauge

    морска́я мино́гаmorskája minóga

More definitions
  • large anadromous lamprey sometimes used as food; destructive of native fish fauna in the Great Lakes

Examples

1 sentences
  1. Sea lampreys attach to fish with a suction cup mouth ringed with sharp teeth.

Translations

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Forms

plural: sea lampreys
Singularsea lamprey
Pluralsea lampreys

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Synonyms

6 synonyms
Petromyzon marinus:lampereel suckergreen lampreyshad lampreyspotted lamprey
Close in meaning
  • large anadromous lamprey sometimes used as food; destructive of native fish fauna in the Great Lakes:Petromyzon marinus

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