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† lampret Obs. Also 7 lamprete, -prid. [Orig. a mere var. of lamprey; but the ending was apprehended as the dim. suffix -et1.] A lamprey at a certain stage of growth.
1656W. D. tr. Comenius' Gate Lat. Unl. §153. 45 Others are smooth, slippery, long, as the Eel, the Conger, the Lamprey, the Lamprete. 1688R. Holme Armoury ii. 325/2 How several sorts of Fish are named according to their Age, or Growth... A Lamprey, first a Lampron—Grigg, then a Lampret, then a Lamprell, then a Lamprey. A Lampron, first a Barle, then a Barling, then a Lamprell, and then a Lamprey or Lampron. |