sea lamprey

sea lamprey

n.

A large marine lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) common in the Great Lakes and parasitic to freshwater fish.

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sea lamprey

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a common anadromous lamprey, Petromyzon marinus, a form of which occurs in the Great Lakes of N America and causes great losses of fish

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

sea lamprey - large anadromous lamprey sometimes used as food; destructive of native fish fauna in the Great Lakes Petromyzon marinus lamper eel, lamprey, lamprey eel - primitive eellike freshwater or anadromous cyclostome having round sucking mouth with a rasping tongue genus Petromyzon, Petromyzon - typical lampreys