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PRONUNCIATION OF BROOK LAMPREY

brook lamprey  [brʊk ˈlæmprɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BROOK LAMPREY

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Brook lamprey is a noun.
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WHAT DOES BROOK LAMPREY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

brook lamprey

European brook lamprey

The European brook lamprey is a small European lamprey species that exclusively inhabits freshwater. This species should not be confused with the North American species Lampetra richardsoni, which is also called the Western brook lamprey.

Definition of brook lamprey in the English dictionary

The definition of brook lamprey in the dictionary is a jawless fish, Lampetra planeri, native to the European part of the Atlantic Ocean and the northwest Mediterranean.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BROOK LAMPREY


gossipry
ˈɡɒsɪprɪ
lamprey
ˈlæmprɪ
osprey
ˈɒsprɪ
sempre
ˈsɛmprɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BROOK LAMPREY

broodiness
brooding
broodingly
broodless
broody
brook
Brook Farm
brook trout
brookable
Brooke
brookie
brookite
brooklet
brooklike
brooklime
Brooklyn
Brookner
Brooks
Brooks Range
brookweed

WORDS THAT END LIKE BROOK LAMPREY

Aubrey
beast of prey
bird of prey
Carey
Carrey
corey
Frey
grey
Humphrey
Jeffrey
kouprey
Monterey
Monterrey
prey
river lamprey
sea lamprey
storey
surrey
trey
two-storey

Synonyms and antonyms of brook lamprey in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «brook lamprey» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BROOK LAMPREY

Find out the translation of brook lamprey to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of brook lamprey from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «brook lamprey» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

溪鳗
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

arroyo lamprea
570 millions of speakers

English

brook lamprey
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ब्रूक एक प्रकार की मछली
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تحتمل الجلكى
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ручьевая минога
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ribeiro lampreia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ব্রুক lamprey
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

lamproie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Brook lamprey
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Bachneunauge
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

小川のヤツメウナギ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

개울 칠성 장어
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Brook lamprey
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

suối cá mút đá
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ப்ரூக் லேம்ப்ரி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ब्रोक दीरेरे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Alay lambası
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ruscello lampreda
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

minogi strumieniowe
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

струмкова мінога
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Brook lamprey
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ρυάκι lamprey
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

spruit lamprei
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bäcknejonöga
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bekke niøye
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of brook lamprey

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BROOK LAMPREY»

The term «brook lamprey» is used very little and occupies the 167.241 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BROOK LAMPREY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about brook lamprey

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BROOK LAMPREY»

Discover the use of brook lamprey in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to brook lamprey and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Distribution, Abundance, and Habitat Requirements of the ...
LIST OF FIGURES FIGURE PAGE Figure 1 2005-2006 Least Brook Lamprey ammocoete locations georeferenced to horse crossings in the Shawnee National Forest ......................................36 Figure 2 2005-2006 Least Brook Lamprey locations ...
Diane Shasteen, 2007
2
On the Nesting Habits of the Brook Lamprey: Lampetra Wilderi ...
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series.
Robert Thompson Young, Leon Jacob Cole, 2010
3
Freshwater Fishes of Manitoba
preserved speCiMen 1CM preserved speCiMen idenTiFiCaTion The northern brook lamprey is distinguished from both the chestnut and silver lampreys by having an oral disc that is narrower than the body, armed with few, poorly developed, ...
Kenneth Stewart, Douglas Watkinson, 2004
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The Nature of the Cairngorms: Diversity in a Changing ...
Brook Lamprey never feed as adults, and spawn, then die having spent their entire life in freshwater. River and Sea Lamprey, by contrast, prey on other fish, either in large freshwater lakes and rivers or in the sea, where most of their adult life is ...
Philip Shaw, Des B.A. Thompson, 2006
5
Freshwater Fishes of the Northeastern United States: A Field ...
The northern brook lamprey and mountain brook lamprey, in contrast, are nonparasitic and have blunt teeth and a smaller oral disc. In the Northeast, the Ohio and mountain brook lampreys are found only in the Allegheny drainage in ...
Robert G. Werner, 2004
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Leeches, Lice and Lampreys: A Natural History of Skin and ...
17.4.3 The brook lamprey – Lampetra planeri It could be argued that our third British lamprey, the brook lamprey (Lampetra planeri) has no place in a book on parasites because it is not parasitic. However, there is no doubt that it had a ...
Graham C. Kearn, 2004
7
Fishes of West Virginia
IJlMPETRA LEAST BROOK LAMPREY Lampetra aepyptera (Abbott) AMERICAN BROOK LAMPREY Lampetra appendix (DeKay). (Rohde & Lanteigne- Courchene 1980c). The silver lamprey is abundant in Lake Champlain ( Gersmehl, U. S. ...
Jay Stauffer, 2007
8
Freshwater Fishes of British Columbia (The)
vladykov & follett western brook lAmPrey Distinguishing Characters Taxonomy Sexual Dimorphism 1 cm This small (usually less than 6 cm) non-parasitic lamprey has blunt supraoral teeth, 7 (6–9) blunt infraoral teeth, 3 multicuspid inner ...
J. D. McPhail, 2007
9
Fish & Fishing:
... 1916) - northern brook lamprey Ichthyomyzon gagei (Hubbs and Trautman, 1937) - southern brook lamprey Ichthyomyzon greeleyi (Hubbs and Trautman, 1937) - mountain brook lamprey Ichthyomyzon unicuspis (Hubbs and Trautman,  ...
Nicolae Sfetcu, 2014
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Fish Conservation: A Guide to Understanding and Restoring ...
The European brook lamprey, L. planeri, also internationally Near Threatened, was abundant and widely distributed across Europe a century ago. Its populations are now small, occurring in isolated areas of a greatly fragmented range (Lelek ...
Gene S. Helfman, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BROOK LAMPREY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term brook lamprey is used in the context of the following news items.
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Biologist sees shower of lampreys in Fairbanks as an opportunity for …
Others, maybe a separate species called the Alaska brook lamprey, stay in fresh water for their whole lives. Biologists know lampreys feed ... «Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Jun 15»
2
Into the wild: East Yorkshire's greatest natural wonders
Otters, water voles, brook lamprey and kingfishers flourish in this part of the world. Anne-Marie Kalus. SHARE PICTURE. Copy link to paste in ... «Hull Daily Mail, May 15»
3
The Sea Lamprey Society Gathered to Eat the Most Gruesome …
In bygone times, the river lamprey (the somewhat smaller brother of the sea lamprey, similar to the brook lamprey and hagfish) was often used ... «Munchies_ Food by VICE, Apr 15»
4
Clean-up at Flitcham
The river provides habitat for eels and migratory freshwater fish, including bullhead and brook lamprey, as well as waterway mammals, like ... «Lynn News, Mar 15»
5
Staffordshire Wildlife Trust - February 2015
Where gravelly river beds develop the Brook lamprey will thrive, as will the increasingly threatened white-clawed crayfish. In some cases ... «Leek Post & Times, Mar 15»
6
Another Life: Consensus on Irish flora and fauna no longer changing …
... the ocean flows of freshwater from melting ice around Ireland, extends the possibility of a “native” heritage to such species as brook lamprey, ... «Irish Times, Feb 15»
7
Study finds lamprey decline continues with loss of habitat in Oregon
Although Pacific lampreys are anadromous, another species, the brook lamprey, only grows to a length of 6-7 inches and stays in fresh water ... «Phys.Org, Feb 15»
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Improvements are being made to Norfolk's precious chalk streams
... while also creating essential habitats for species such as water voles, white-clawed crayfish, brook lamprey, brown trout, eels and otters. «Norfolk Eastern Daily Press, Nov 14»
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River Wensum restoration project at Pensthorpe will provide a …
... and form of the river, while also creating essential habitats for species such as water voles, white-clawed crayfish, brook lamprey, brown trout, ... «Norfolk Eastern Daily Press, Oct 14»
10
Getting to know your neighborhood's rare fish
In contrast, the southern brook lamprey, which is no more than 6 inches long when fully grown, spends most of its life in a larval state, known as ... «Stillwater Gazette, Sep 14»

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