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Lamprey Common

Lamprey has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

primitive eellike freshwater or anadromous cyclostome having round sucking mouth with a rasping tongue

2

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

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
jawless vertebrate
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
sea lamprey
Rhyming Words
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