ALL meanings of lamprey
lam·prey
L l - noun lamprey eel-like sea animal 1
- noun plural lamprey any eellike marine or freshwater fish of the order Petromyzoniformes, having a circular, suctorial mouth with horny teeth for boring into the flesh of other fishes to feed on their blood. 1
- noun lamprey An eellike aquatic jawless vertebrate that has a sucker mouth with horny teeth and a rasping tongue . The adult is often parasitic, attaching itself to other fish and sucking their blood. 1
- noun lamprey any eel-like cyclostome vertebrate of the family Petromyzonidae, having a round sucking mouth for clinging to and feeding on the blood of other animals 0
- noun lamprey any of an order (Petromyzoniformes) of jawless fishes with a funnel-shaped, sucking mouth surrounded by rasping teeth with which it bores into the flesh of other fishes to suck their blood 0