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SEA LAMPREY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large anadromous lamprey sometimes used as food; destructive of native fish fauna in the Great Lakes
Synonyms:
Petromyzon marinus; sea lamprey
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("sea lamprey" is a kind of...):
lamper eel; lamprey; lamprey eel (primitive eellike freshwater or anadromous cyclostome having round sucking mouth with a rasping tongue)
Holonyms ("sea lamprey" is a member of...):
genus Petromyzon; Petromyzon (typical lampreys)
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