PETROMYZON MARINUS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Large anadromous lamprey sometimes used as food; destructive of native fish fauna in the Great Lakes

Synonyms:

Petromyzon marinus; sea lamprey

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Petromyzon marinus" is a kind of...):

lamper eel; lamprey; lamprey eel (primitive eellike freshwater or anadromous cyclostome having round sucking mouth with a rasping tongue)

Holonyms ("Petromyzon marinus" is a member of...):

genus Petromyzon; Petromyzon (typical lampreys)

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