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lamper-eel [? f. lampre, var. of lamprey + eel n. But cf. lamprel.] 1. = lamprey.
1824Mactaggart Gallovid. Encycl., Lamper eels,..common in spring wells during summer. a1825Forby Voc. E. Anglia, Lamper-eel, the lamprey. 1885Harper's Mag. Mar. 659/1 Lamper-eels ascended the river. 1897Outing (U.S.) XXX. 440/1 The lamprey, or lamper-eel, may once have been considered a delicacy. 2. U.S. The mutton-fish or eel-pout (Zoarces anguillaris) of N. America.
1885Stand. Nat. Hist. (1888) III. 259 Mutton-fish,..eel-pout, and lamper-eel are names bestowed on the Zoarces anguillaris. |