sea lamprey

English

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: sea‧lam‧prey

Noun

sea lamprey (plural sea lampreys)

A parasitic lamprey found in Europe and North America, Petromyzon marinus.

Synonyms

(Petromyzon marinus): eel sucker, green lamprey, lamper, shad lamprey, spotted lamprey

Translations

animal

Asturian: llamprea (ast), pexe viaxeru (ast)
Catalan: llampresa (ca) f, llamprea de mar (ca) f
Dutch: zeeprik (nl) f, zeelamprei f, zeenegenoog m
Finnish: merinahkiainen
French: lamproie marine (fr) f
German: Meerneunauge (de) n
Italian: lampreda di mare f
Luxembourgish: grousst Nénga n
Russian: морска́я мино́га f (morskája minóga)
Spanish: lamprea marina f
Welsh: llysywen bendoll y môr f

References

sea lamprey on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Petromyzon marinus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Petromyzon marinus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

preamylase