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Petromyzon marinus

DEFINITIONS OF: Petromyzon marinus

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

Synonyms:
sea lamprey
Type of:
lamper eel, lamprey, lamprey eel
primitive eellike freshwater or anadromous cyclostome having round sucking mouth with a rasping tongue
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