lam|prey

lam|prey
lam|prey «LAM pree», noun, plural -preys.
a marine and freshwater animal having a body like an eel with gill slits like a fish and no jaws but a large, round mouth. Lampreys are vertebrates found throughout the world and are parasitic, some attaching themselves to fishes with their mouths to suck the body fluids.
╂[< Old French lampreie < Medieval Latin lampreda, uncertain relationship to Late Latin lampetra < Latin lmbere to lick + petra rock. See etym. of doublet limpet. (Cf. ↑limpet)]

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