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lamprey

lam·prey [ lámpree ] (plural lam·preys) or lam·prey eel (plural lam·prey eels)


noun 
Definition:
 
freshwater jawless fish: a freshwater jawless fish with a round sucking mouth for attaching itself to other fish and, in the case of adults, feeding parasitically on their blood. Family Petromyzontidae.

[13th century. Via Old French lampreie< medieval Latin lampreda]
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