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lamper eel

DEFINITIONS OF: lamper eel

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

Synonyms:
lamprey, lamprey eel
Types:
Petromyzon marinus, sea lamprey
large anadromous lamprey sometimes used as food; destructive of native fish fauna in the Great Lakes
Type of:
agnathan, jawless fish, jawless vertebrate
eel-shaped vertebrate without jaws or paired appendages including the cyclostomes and some extinct forms
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