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Lamprey  n.  (pl. lampreys)  (Written also lamprel, and lampron)  (Zool.) An eel-like marsipobranch of the genus Petromyzon, and allied genera; called also lamprey eel and lamper eel. The lampreys have a round, sucking mouth, without jaws, but set with numerous minute teeth, and one to three larger teeth on the palate. There are seven small branchial openings on each side. Note: The common or sea lamprey of America and Europe (Petromyzon marinus), which in spring ascends rivers to spawn, is considered excellent food by many, and is sold as a market fish in some localities. The smaller river lampreys mostly belong to the genus Ammocoeles, or Lampetra, as Ammocoeles fluviatilis, of Europe, and Ammocoeles aepypterus of America. All lampreys attach themselves to other fishes, as parasites, by means of the suckerlike mouth.






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"Lamprey" Quotes from Famous Books



... could delight the eye or charm the fancy; preserving herds of deer, wild swine, game of all sorts for field and feast; stocking vast lakes with rare and delicate fish, to which this brilliant epicure was so attached that on the death of a favourite lamprey he shed tears; buying the costliest of pictures, statues, and embossed works; and furnishing a cellar which yielded to his unworthy heir 10,000 casks of choice Chian wine. When we read the pursuits ...
— A History of Roman Literature - From the Earliest Period to the Death of Marcus Aurelius • Charles Thomas Cruttwell

... Tours who bought a lamprey which he sent to his wife to cook in order that he might give a feast to the priest, and the said wife sent it to a Cordelier, who was her lover, and how she made a woman who was her neighbour sleep with her husband, and how ...
— One Hundred Merrie And Delightsome Stories - Les Cent Nouvelles Nouvelles • Various



Words linked to "Lamprey" :   family Petromyzontidae, agnathan, lamprey eel, Petromyzontidae, Petromyzon marinus, sea lamprey



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