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    SEA LAMPREY

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

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

    Synonyms:

    Petromyzon marinus; sea lamprey

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    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("sea lamprey" is a kind of...):

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

    Holonyms ("sea lamprey" is a member of...):

    genus Petromyzon; Petromyzon (typical lampreys)

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