lamper eel

lamper eel

(ˈlæmpə) n (Animals) another name for lamprey[C19 lamper, variant of lamprey]

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Noun

1.lamper eel - primitive eellike freshwater or anadromous cyclostome having round sucking mouth with a rasping tonguelamprey, lamprey eelagnathan, jawless fish, jawless vertebrate - eel-shaped vertebrate without jaws or paired appendages including the cyclostomes and some extinct formsfamily Petromyzontidae, Petromyzontidae - lampreysPetromyzon marinus, sea lamprey - large anadromous lamprey sometimes used as food; destructive of native fish fauna in the Great Lakes