| 单词 | lamprey |
| 释义 | lamprey (once / 17459 pages) n WORD FAMILY lamprey: lampreys USAGE EXAMPLESEel-like lamprey attach themselves to fish, and many believe their presence in the lake has hurt populations of lake trout and other species. Washington Times(Nov 25, 2016) “Sea lampreys,” says Gary Rambo, founder of the advocacy group Unplug a Lamprey Today. Wall Street Journal(Nov 03, 2016) In addition to salmon and steelhead, lamprey have been documented using new areas of the river system, including Indian Creek. Seattle Times(Oct 17, 2016) n primitive eellike freshwater or anadromous cyclostome having round sucking mouth with a rasping tongue Syn|Hypo|Hyper lamper eel, lamprey eel Petromyzon marinus, sea lamprey large anadromous lamprey sometimes used as food; destructive of native fish fauna in the Great Lakes agnathan, jawless fish, jawless vertebrate eel-shaped vertebrate without jaws or paired appendages including the cyclostomes and some extinct forms |
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