lamprey

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English

Etymology

From Middle English laumprei, adopted from Old French lampreie (Modern lamproie), from Medieval Latin lampreda, possibly from Late Latin lampetra, from a combination of lambere ("lick") + petra ("stone").

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈlæm.pɹi/
• Hyphenation: lam‧prey

Noun

lamprey (plural lampreys)

A lamprey

1. Any long slender primitive eel-like freshwater and saltwater fish of the Petromyzontidae family, having a sucking mouth with rasping teeth but no jaw.

Derived terms

• brook lamprey
• European river lamprey
• sea lamprey

Translations

a fish

Catalan: llampresa (ca) f. Czech: mihule (cs) f. Esperanto: petromizo (eo) Estonian: silmlane (et) Finnish: nahkiainen (fi) French: lamproie (fr) f. German: Neunauge (de) n. Ido: lampredo (io) Italian: lampreda (it) Japanese: ヤツメウナギ (ja) (yatsumeunagi)

Latvian: nēģis (lv) Lithuanian: nėgė  (lt) Luxembourgish: Nénga (lb) n., Lamprouer (lb) f. Norwegian: niøye (no) n., lamprett (no) Norwegian Nynorsk: niauge (nn) Russian: минога (ru) (minóga) f. Serbian: zmijuljica (sr) f. Spanish: lamprea (es) Swedish: nejonöga (sv) n.

References

• lamprey in Oxford English Dictionary, volume VI, 1908
• lamprey in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913