lamprea

Definitions of lamprea
  1. noun
    primitive eellike freshwater or anadromous cyclostome having round sucking mouth with a rasping tongue
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    types:
    lamprea marina
    large anadromous lamprey sometimes used as food; destructive of native fish fauna in the Great Lakes
    type of:
    agnato
    eel-shaped vertebrate without jaws or paired appendages including the cyclostomes and some extinct forms
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