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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Lampron \Lam"pron\, n. [Cf. OE. lampreon. See {Lamprey}.] (Zo[94]l.) See {Lamprey}. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Lamprey \Lam"prey\, n.; pl. {Lampreys}. [OE. lampreie, F. lamproie, LL. lampreda, lampetra, from L. lambere to lick + petra rock, stone. The lampreys are so called because they attach themselves with their circular mouths to rocks and stones, whence they are also called {rocksuckers}. See {Lap} to drink, {Petrify}.] (Zo[94]l.) An eel-like marsipobranch of the genus {Petromyzon}, and allied genera. The lampreys have a round, sucking mouth, without jaws, but set with numerous minute teeth, and one to three larger teeth on the palate (see Illust. of {Cyclostomi}). There are seven small branchial openings on each side. [Written also {lamper eel}, {lamprel}, and {lampron}.] | |
