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lamprey

English

Etymology

From Middle English laumprei, from Old French lampreie (modern French lamproie), from Medieval Latin lampreda, possibly alteration of Late Latin lampetra (“lamprey”), whose further origin is unknown, though is traditionally thought to be a combination of lamb? (“I lick, lap”) + petra (“stone, rock”). Doublet of limpet, which came straightway from Latin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?læm.p?i/, /?læm.p?e?/
  • Hyphenation: lam?prey

Noun

lamprey (countable and uncountable, plural lampreys)

  1. Any long slender primitive eel-like freshwater and saltwater fish of the order Petromyzontiformes, having a sucking mouth with rasping teeth but no jaw.

Derived terms

Translations

References

  • lamprey in Oxford English Dictionary, volume VI, 1908
  • lamprey in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

  • Parmley, palmery

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pisces

Latin

Noun

pisc?s

  1. nominative plural of piscis
  2. accusative plural of piscis
  3. vocative plural of piscis

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