Lamprey Definition

lămprē
lampreys
noun
lampreys
Any of an order (Petromyzoniformes) of jawless fishes with a funnel-shaped mouth surrounded by rasping teeth with which it bores into the flesh of other fishes to suck their blood.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Lamprey

Noun

Singular:
lamprey
Plural:
lampreys

Origin of Lamprey

  • From Middle English laumprei, adopted from Old French lampreie (Modern lamproie), from Medieval Latin lampreda, possibly from Late Latin lampetra, from a combination of lambō (“lick”) + petra (“stone”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English lamprei from Old French lampreie from Medieval Latin lamprēda perhaps of Gaulish origin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Lamprey Sentence Examples

  • In North America about ten species of lamprey occur, while in South America and Australasia still others are found.

  • The Piscataqua is a tidal estuary fed chiefly by the Salmon Falls, Lamprey and Exeter rivers.

  • The carp and salmon tribes are the most abundant; after them rank the pike, the eel, the shad, the roach, the perch and the lamprey.

  • Mackerel, cod, pollack and flat-fishes are the kinds most frequently attacked by them in the sea; of river-fish the migratory Salmonidae and the shad are sometimes found with the marks of the teeth of the lamprey, or with the fish actually attached to them.

  • Woollen cloth, machinery and spirits are manufactured; there is an extensive salt-mine in the neighbouring Zillenberg; the salmon and lamprey fisheries are important; and a fair amount of commercial activity is maintained.

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