sea lamprey

sea·lam·prey

noun

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

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eel suckergreen lampreylampershad lampreyspotted lampreyPetromyzon marinus
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Meanings

nounsea lamprey (plural sea lampreys)

plural sea lampreys

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

    Synonyms: eel sucker, green lamprey, lamper, shad lamprey, spotted lamprey

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA parasitic lamprey found in Europe and North America, Petromyzon marinus.

Similar
eel suckergreen lampreylampershad lampreyspotted lamprey

More synonyms by meaning

nounlarge anadromous lamprey sometimes used as food; destructive of native fish fauna in the Great Lakes

Similar
Petromyzon marinus
Broader
lampreylamprey eellamper eel

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Catalan llampresa, llamprea de mar
  • llampresaanimal
  • llamprea de maranimal
Dutch zeeprik, zeelamprei
  • zeeprikanimal
  • zeelampreianimal
  • zeenegenooganimal
Finnish merinahkiainen
  • merinahkiainenanimal
French lamproie marine
  • lamproie marineanimal
German Meerneunauge
  • Meerneunaugeanimal
Italian lampreda di mare
  • lampreda di mareanimal
Russian морска́я мино́га
  • морска́я мино́га (morskája minóga)animal
Spanish lamprea marina
  • lamprea marinaanimal
Welsh llysywen bendoll y môr
  • llysywen bendoll y môranimal
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