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sea lamprey

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sea lamprey
n.
A large marine lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) common in the Great Lakes and parasitic to freshwater fish.
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
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Noun1.sea lamprey - large anadromous lamprey sometimes used as foodsea 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
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