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BNC: 30999 COCA: 33975
BNC: 30999 COCA: 33975

lamprey

noun

lam·​prey ˈlam-prē How to pronounce lamprey (audio)
-ˌprā
plural lampreys
: any of a family (Petromyzontidae) of eel-shaped freshwater or anadromous jawless fishes that include those cyclostomes having well-developed eyes and a large disk-shaped suctorial mouth armed with horny teeth

called also lamprey eel

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web One lamprey kills about 40 pounds of fish every year. Bill Laitner, USA TODAY, 13 Sep. 2022 Over time, once-abundant lamprey populations declined. Mckayla Lee, oregonlive, 24 Aug. 2022 This rise of the natives is, ironically, tied to the wave after wave of invasive species that made their way into the lakes in the decades after the lamprey and alewife infestations. jsonline.com, 2 Sep. 2021 The remarkable result is that today the top of the Lake Huron food chain more closely resembles its natural self than anytime since the lamprey and alewives invaded in the mid-1900s. jsonline.com, 2 Sep. 2021 This allowed researchers to concoct a lamprey-specific poison that was pumped into key rivers and streams. Dan Egan, jsonline.com, 2 Sep. 2021 Biologists had called the lamprey-as-ancestor theory into question before, but the problem rested on the sparse fossil record of lampreys. Philip Kiefer, Popular Science, 11 Mar. 2021 The divers spotted an animal known as the vampire fish (a pacific lamprey), Sacramento CBS reports. Michael Hollan, Fox News, 21 May 2021 The lamprey stars in one of this book’s many fascinating vignettes of violence and mayhem—or the threat of it. James Romm, WSJ, 12 Mar. 2021 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from Anglo-French lampreie, from Medieval Latin lampreda

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of lamprey was in the 14th century
BNC: 30999 COCA: 33975

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