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lamprey

English

Etymology

From Middle English laumprei, from Old French lampreie (modern French lamproie), from Medieval Latin lampreda, possibly alteration of Late Latin lampetra (“lamprey”), whose further origin is unknown, though is traditionally thought to be a combination of lamb? (“I lick, lap”) + petra (“stone, rock”). Doublet of limpet, which came straightway from Latin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?læm.p?i/, /?læm.p?e?/
  • Hyphenation: lam?prey

Noun

lamprey (countable and uncountable, plural lampreys)

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

Derived terms

Translations

References

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

Anagrams

  • Parmley, palmery

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pronephros

English

Etymology

pro- +? nephros

Noun

pronephros (plural pronephroi or pronephroses)

  1. (anatomy) A primitive kidney in the lamprey and similar animals, and in other vertebrate embryos

Synonyms

  • pronephron
  • protonephros

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