lamprey — /lam pree/, n., pl. lampreys. any eellike marine or freshwater fish of the order Petromyzoniformes, having a circular, suctorial mouth with horny teeth for boring into the flesh of other fishes to feed on their blood. Also called lamprey eel,… … Universalium
Lamprey — Taxobox name = Lamprey image width = 250px image caption = Sea lamprey from Sweden regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Cephalaspidomorphi unranked ordo = Hyperoartia ordo = Petromyzontiformes familia = Petromyzontidae subdivision ranks … Wikipedia
Lamprey River — The Lamprey River is a 50.2 mile long (80.8 km) [ [http://www.granit.sr.unh.edu NH GRANIT database] ] river in southeastern New Hampshire, the United States. It rises in Meadow Lake in Northwood, and flows south, then generally east past Raymond … Wikipedia
lamprey eel — noun primitive eellike freshwater or anadromous cyclostome having round sucking mouth with a rasping tongue • Syn: ↑lamprey, ↑lamper eel • Hypernyms: ↑jawless vertebrate, ↑jawless fish, ↑agnathan • Hyponyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Freshwater fish — Fresh water fish are fish that spend some or all of their lives in fresh water, such as rivers and lakes, with a salinity of less than 0.05%. These environments differ from marine conditions in many ways, the most obvious being the difference in… … Wikipedia
lamprey — noun (plural lampreys) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French lampreie, from Medieval Latin lampreda Date: 14th century any of a family (Petromyzontidae) of eel shaped freshwater or anadromous jawless fishes that include those cyclostomes… … New Collegiate Dictionary
lamprey — noun /ˈlæm.pɹi/ Any long slender primitive eel like freshwater and saltwater fish of the Petromyzontidae family, having a sucking mouth with rasping teeth but no jaw … Wiktionary
brook lamprey — noun : any of numerous usually small lampreys that live mostly in brooks * * * brook lamprey, a freshwater lamprey living in brooks … Useful english dictionary
Pouched lamprey — Taxobox name = Pouched lamprey image caption = Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Cephalaspidomorphi ordo = Petromyzontiformes familia = Petromyzontidae subfamilia = Geotriinae subfamilia authority = Nelson,… … Wikipedia
Pacific lamprey — Taxobox name = Pacific lamprey regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Cephalaspidomorphi ordo = Petromyzontiformes familia = Petromyzontidae genus = Lampetra species = L. tridentata binomial = Lampetra tridentata binomial authority =… … Wikipedia