lamprey

Noun
  1. Primitive eellike freshwater or anadromous cyclostome having round sucking mouth with a rasping tongue (synset 101480166)
    is a type of: agnathan, jawless fish, jawless vertebrate - eel-shaped vertebrate without jaws or paired appendages including the cyclostomes and some extinct forms
    subtypes: petromyzon marinus, sea lamprey - large anadromous lamprey sometimes used as food; destructive of native fish fauna in the Great Lakes
    belongs to: family petromyzontidae, petromyzontidae - lampreys
    same as: lamper eel, lamprey eel

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