sea lamprey

English

The mouth of an adult sea lamprey.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: sea‧lam‧prey

Noun

sea lamprey (plural sea lampreys)

1. A parasitic lamprey found in Europe and North America, Petromyzon marinus.

Synonyms

• (Petromyzon marinus): eel sucker, green lamprey, lamper, shad lamprey, spotted lamprey

Translations

animal

• Asturian: llamprea (ast), pexe viaxeru (ast)
• Catalan: llampresa (ca) f, llamprea de mar (ca) f
• Dutch: zeeprik (nl) f, zeelamprei f, zeenegenoog m
• Finnish: merinahkiainen
• French: lamproie marine (fr) f
• German: Meerneunauge (de) n
• Italian: lampreda di mare f
• Luxembourgish: grousst Nénga n
• Russian: морска́я мино́га f (morskája minóga)
• Spanish: lamprea marina f
• Welsh: llysywen bendoll y môr f

References

• sea lamprey on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Petromyzon marinus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Petromyzon marinus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• preamylase