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SEA LAMPREY

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• SEA LAMPREY (noun)
The noun SEA LAMPREY has 1 sense:

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

Familiarity information: SEA LAMPREY used as a noun is very rare.

• SEA LAMPREY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Petromyzon marinus; sea lamprey

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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