Lamprey

Word LAMPREY
Character 7
Hyphenation lam prey
Pronunciations /ˈlæm.pɹeɪ/

Definitions and meanings of "Lamprey"

What do we mean by lamprey?

Any of various elongated freshwater or anadromous fishes of the family Petromyzontidae, having a jawless sucking mouth with rasping teeth and often attaching to and parasitizing other fish. noun

A marsipobranchiate fish, of an elongated or eel-like form when adult. noun

An eel-like marsipobranch of the genus Petromyzon, and allied genera; called also lamprey eel and lamper eel. 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. noun

Any long slender primitive eel-like freshwater and saltwater fish of the Petromyzontidae family, having a sucking mouth with rasping teeth but no jaw. noun

Primitive eellike freshwater or anadromous cyclostome having round sucking mouth with a rasping tongue noun

Any long slender primitive eel-like freshwater and saltwater fish of the order Petromyzontiformes, having a sucking mouth with rasping teeth but no jaw.

An uncircumcised penis. So named because of the resemblance between the puckered-up foreskin at the end of the flaccid penis and the sucker mouth of a lamprey. Urban Dictionary

A firm attachment accompanied by sucking of one individual's mouth to another individual's anus, forming a complete seal. Urban Dictionary

An asshole, esp. parasitic or slovenly, though sometimes anatomically. Urban Dictionary

Slang for a female's shaved pubic hair/vagina. Urban Dictionary

A person who tries to claim a funny thought, or joke as their own when they either had nothing or very little to do with it. Urban Dictionary

The act of regurgitating or ejecting one's stomach contents. Urban Dictionary

One who survives not by his own virtue or hard work, but by consuming the excrement of others by continually hanging on to those others' rectum. See 'butt leech'. Urban Dictionary

Named for the aquatic animal that feeds on the blood and sometimes internal organs of fish, the dollar lamprey is a person who is romantically attracted to others based on their monetary wealth. Typically, these people will attempt to suck out the soul of their victims directly through the wallet. Urban Dictionary

When people with multiple rows of teeth give a blow job (teeth are always in contact with member) Urban Dictionary

Any small store that is built in close proximity to a Wal-Mart Urban Dictionary

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The word "lamprey" in example sentences

The lamprey is the octopus, the devil-fish, of these waters, and there is, perhaps, no tragedy enacted here that equals that of one of these vampires slowly sucking the life out of a bass or a trout. ❋ John Burroughs (1879)

His death was caused, in the year 1135, by eating too much of the fish called lamprey, and he was buried in ❋ Charlotte Mary Yonge (1862)

Currently, the lamprey is a species of concern, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife ❋ Unknown (2010)

Your 'lamprey' was right on the money, and I agree with Donna as well - I feel the same way about that certain personage. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Lake Ontario is also plagued with invasive species, such as lamprey and zebra mussels. ❋ Unknown (2009)

"One of the groups that really gets hit is the other kind of lamprey," Andrews said, adding that the northern brook, silver and American lamprey are three native species vulnerable to the effects of the chemical. ❋ Unknown (2008)

[Footnote 809: 'Perhaps a kind of lamprey' (White and Riddle's ❋ Senator Cassiodorus (1872)

Already cursed with a face not even their mothers (who die shortly after spawning) could love, these fish were further saddled with 50 years of bad PR brought on when one invasive species, the sea lamprey, moved into the Great Lakes and wreaked a trail of parasitic havoc from New York to Minnesota. ❋ Unknown (2009)

A worst-case scenario envisions [the monstrous fish] spreading "like a cancer cell," [said Cameron Davis, senior Great Lakes adviser to Lisa Jackson, head of the Environmental Protection Agency], eventually dominating a fishery already damaged by zebra mussels, sea lamprey and other exotic pests .... ❋ Unknown (2009)

The group that put this together, the Morrison Creek Streamkeepers, also have a photo page that explains how to tell the difference between a girl lamprey and a boy lamprey -- if I haven't burned you out on animal sex this week already. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Local favorites include salt cod with crumbled corn-bread, lamprey in red wine, or papas de sarrabulho—a steaming black mash that involves the heart, lungs, liver and throat lining of a pig stewed in the animal's blood. ❋ Paul Ames (2012)

For the first couple seconds of watching, I honestly mistook the lamprey for water plants. ❋ Unknown (2009)

They "virtually killed off the lake trout in Lakes Michigan, Huron and Erie, destroying both commercial and recreational fishing," says Mike Siefkes, sea lamprey program specialist with the Great Lakes Fishery Commission in Ann Arbor. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Lost in the shuffle were several native lamprey species, some of which aren't even parasitic. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Kem has risen through the Voidcorp ranks by latching on lamprey style to rising stars, then stepping aside when those careers faltered. ❋ Unknown (2009)

They plan on doing tests in a stream this spring, using the chemical in tandem with lamprey sex pheromones, which attract the fish. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Despite living in the Great Lakes for 1000s of years in co-evolved cooperation with other fish, non-invasive lamprey have paid the price for their cousin's misdeeds. ❋ Unknown (2009)

[Antonio's] [uncut] - he's [got big] old lamprey in his pants. ❋ Bws55 (2007)

Last night I [totally] did the lamprey on a [chick's] [asshole]. ❋ Scrim (2008)

Get this- those lampreys at my [HMO] denied payment on my [pancreatitis] treatment just because "the subject failed to properly [disclose] his hair had no such 'dirty-blond' status, but was instead ocre-hued." ❋ Wordsworth (1770-1850) (2007)

"Since pussy [shaving] is so common, should we really use the word 'beaver' anymore? [Perhaps] it should be [changed] to 'lamprey'." ❋ Sickfeeling (2007)

Guy 1: Did I tell you about the new sex position I came up with, I call it the [Lazy Astronaut]. Guy 2:Dude you did not invent that I already [read about it] on the Urban Dictionary. Guy 1:ummm yea I was the one who posted it Guy 2: B.S. man! I know the dude that invented it! You are such a [Joke Lamprey]... ❋ Salmonhq (2008)

[Eddie] can't hold his alcohol. Give him three drinks and he'll be in the bathroom [chucking lampreys] [all night]! ❋ Limon Lives (2007)

"[Motorola] [management] is nothing more than a collection of [in-bred] butt lampreys." ❋ Arf_burnt (2010)

Dude, you she's only with that wet [doughnut] because he drives a BMW. [Psst], [dollar lamprey]. ❋ Oxygen Theif (2010)

That [horse mouth] decided to give me [a dirty] [lamprey] ❋ Joe Lamprey (2010)

I can't believe how many [lamprey] stores have popped up around the new Wal-Mart since it opened; little leeches living on the [droppings] of [the shark] ❋ Ringo Saint Hellboy (2011)

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