plural lampreys
: any of a family (Petromyzontidae) of eel-shaped freshwater or anadromous jawless fishes that include those cyclostomes having well-developed eyes and a large disk-shaped suctorial mouth armed with horny teeth
called also lamprey eel
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Eradication helped reduce the lamprey by 90 percent.
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Discover Magazine, 14 Oct. 2024
Biologists expect that with the dams now removed and the Klamath flowing freely, all types of native fish will benefit, including fall-run and spring-run chinook as well as coho salmon, steelhead trout and Pacific lampreys.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
But because lampreys are jawless, scientists assumed their embryos did not have a neural crest and therefore did not develop sympathetic neurons.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 May 2024
The McKenzie Watershed Alliance, an environmental organization out of Springfield, was awarded $8.5 million in federal funding to restore floodplains along the Willamette River, which will in turn aid species like the Chinook salmon, bull trout and Pacific lamprey.
—Axios Portland, Axios, 30 July 2024
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Discover Magazine, 14 Oct. 2024
Biologists expect that with the dams now removed and the Klamath flowing freely, all types of native fish will benefit, including fall-run and spring-run chinook as well as coho salmon, steelhead trout and Pacific lampreys.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
But because lampreys are jawless, scientists assumed their embryos did not have a neural crest and therefore did not develop sympathetic neurons.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 May 2024
The McKenzie Watershed Alliance, an environmental organization out of Springfield, was awarded $8.5 million in federal funding to restore floodplains along the Willamette River, which will in turn aid species like the Chinook salmon, bull trout and Pacific lamprey.
—Axios Portland, Axios, 30 July 2024
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lamprey
noun
lam·prey
ˈlam-prē 
-ˌprā
plural lampreys
: any of a family of jawless fishes that resemble eels and have a large sucking mouth with horny teeth
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