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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD LAMPREY

From Old French lamproie, from Late Latin lamprēda; origin obscure.
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PRONUNCIATION OF LAMPREY

lamprey  [ˈlæmprɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LAMPREY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Lamprey is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LAMPREY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

lamprey

Lamprey

Lampreys are an order of jawless fish, the adult of which is characterized by a toothed, funnel-like sucking mouth. The common name "lamprey" is probably derived from Latin lampetra, which may mean "stone licker", though the etymology is uncertain. Currently there are about 38 known species of lampreys. Although they are well known for boring into the flesh of other fish to suck their blood, in fact only a minority do so; only 18 species of lampreys are actually parasitic. The lampreys are a very ancient lineage of vertebrates, though their exact relationship to hagfishes and jawed vertebrates is still a matter of dispute.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LAMPREY


gossipry
ˈɡɒsɪprɪ
osprey
ˈɒsprɪ
sempre
ˈsɛmprɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LAMPREY

lamper eel
lampern
lampers
lampholder
lampion
lamplight
lamplighter
lamplit
lampoon
lampooner
lampoonery
lampoonist
lamppost
lamprophyre
lamprophyric
lampshade
lampstand
lampuki
lampyrid

WORDS THAT END LIKE LAMPREY

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

Synonyms and antonyms of lamprey in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «lamprey» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LAMPREY

Find out the translation of lamprey to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of 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 «lamprey» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

七鳃鳗
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

lamprea
570 millions of speakers

English

lamprey
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

एक प्रकार की मछली
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

الجلكى
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

минога
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

lampreia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বানমাছ জাতীয় একধরনের সামুদ্রিক প্রাণী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

lamproie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lamprey
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Neunauge
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ヤツメウナギ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

칠성 장어
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Lamprey
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cá chình
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

விலங்கு போன்ற கடல் விலங்கு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दीपरे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

taşemen
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

lampreda
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

minóg
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

мінога
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

lamprey
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μύραινα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

lamprei
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

nejonöga
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

niøye
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of lamprey

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LAMPREY»

The term «lamprey» is regularly used and occupies the 99.253 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LAMPREY» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LAMPREY»

Discover the use of lamprey in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to lamprey and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Healing, Classification and Hematological Assessments of Sea ...
The Great Lakes parasitic sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) population is currently modeled using wounding statistics, subjectively assessed by experts for each lake.
Shawn M. Nowicki, 2008
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Cloning and Expression of a Corticoid Receptor in the Sea ...
The sea lamprey, an Agnathan species (jawless fish), is one of the most important animal models for studying the evolution of steroid receptors.
Chu-Yin Yeh, 2008
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Development, Production, Purification, and Activity of ...
LAMPREY GLYCOPROTEIN HORMONE RECEPTOR Recently, two glycoprotein hormone receptors (GPH-R) were cloned from lamprey (Freamat et al., 2006; Freamat and Sower 2008). Both receptors were cloned from cDNA isolated from  ...
Geoffrey Bushold, 2008
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The Central Nervous System of Vertebrates: With Posters
Buchanan JT (1993) Electrophysiological properties of identified classes of lamprey spinal neurons. J Neurophysiol 70:2313-2325 Buchanan JT, Cohen AH (1982) Activities of identified inter- neurons, motoneurons, and muscle fibers during ...
R. Nieuwenhuys, Hendrik Jan Donkelaar, Charles Nicholson, 1998
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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
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The glycinergic system of the CNS of the sea lamprey, ...
Colocalization of glycine andGABA immunoreactivities in the spinal cord populations of postmetamorphic and adult sea lamprey is only partial 182 The glycine- and GABA-ir fibers deffer substantially in diameter in the adult lamprey spinal cord ...
Villar Cerviño, Verona
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Aquatic Telemetry
Mean entrance efliciency of radio-tagged Pacitic lamprey at the two spillway main entrances (solid bars), the six powerhouse main entrances (shaded bars), and the live groups of orifice entrances (stippled bars) at Bonneville Dam (BO) in ...
Eva B. Thorstad, Ian A. Fleming, Tor Fredrik Naesje, 2003
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Biology of the Sea Lamprey in Its Parasitic Phase
Most of the experimental lampreys were mature and rip after 14 to 18 months of parasitic life.
Phillip Sheridan Parker, Robert E. Lennon, 1956
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Freshwater Fishes of the Northeastern United States: A Field ...
Lampreys resemble eels in overall body shape, but eels have well-developed jaws and a pair of pectoral fins. The lamprey life cycle typically involves several years as a filter-feeding larva called an ammocoete followed by 1-18 months as a  ...
Robert G. Werner, 2004
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Organization of Brain and Spinal Cord Locomotor Networks in ...
In vertebrates, brain locomotor command systems activate spinal central pattern generators (CPGs) to initiate locomotor behavior.
Adam Wesley Jackson, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LAMPREY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term lamprey is used in the context of the following news items.
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Portsmouth's late rally comes up short - Sports - fosters.com - Dover …
The team was struggling, limited to just three hits against Lamprey ace Jake Wiberg, who had managed to save enough pitches to start the sixth ... «Foster's Daily Democrat, Jul 15»
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Portsmouth's late rally comes up short
The team was struggling, limited to just three hits against Lamprey ace Jake Wiberg, who had managed to save enough pitches to start the sixth ... «Seacoastonline.com, Jul 15»
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Effort underway to purchase seven Abbot-Downing vehicles …
... hotel and; The Lamprey is a "commercial horse-drawn, also called a 'heavy truck; The Pony Sleigh is designed to carry four passengers. «Concord Monitor, Jul 15»
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Idaho biologists haul sockeye on trucks to avoid warm water | State …
When temperatures in the main rivers reach at least 70, the heat places stress on the already challenged migrants that face sea lions, lamprey ... «Idaho State Journal, Jul 15»
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MOM & POP: Raining lampreys in Alaska cause a fright
Actually, the fish was not an eel, but an Arctic lamprey. The Arctic lamprey is native to Alaska, and it is about a foot long with no jaw - just a ... «Wicked Local Weymouth, Jul 15»
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Sockeye salmon suffer infections in warm Columbia River system …
The rate of diseased and injured fish observed in the count windows at Wells seems to increase every day—lots of lamprey scars and descale, ... «The Spokesman Review, Jul 15»
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Lamprey River Tavern to close next month
NEWMARKET — The longtime owner of Newmarket's Lamprey River Tavern is opening a restaurant in Dover at the former Kelley's Row ... «Seacoastonline.com, Jul 15»
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Sea lamprey
They're working through Thursday to assess the river and its mouth to see if larval sea lamprey are found there. They're spreading the ... «Alpena News, Jul 15»
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Saving dam good idea
The current dam and barrier are ineffective and expose 1,200 miles of high-quality stream habitation to sea lamprey infestation. Sea lamprey ... «The Star Beacon, Jul 15»
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service works to control sea lamprey population
“We are out here killing sea lamprey” said Randy Parker, biological science technician. “The lampricides basically suffocates the sea lamprey.”. «UpperMichigansSource.com, Jul 15»

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