Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A lamprey.
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Having a little lamprey-eel toro toro in his cage is a bit different than jumping onto the back of a giant red dragon from your medium-size green dragon, or making love in a glowing garden, but with these thoughts in mind, did I think "the vision of Avatar is something we'll see in the future?"
Gizmodo Mark Stephen Meadows 2010
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a true parasite among the vertebrates is the lamprey-eel (Fig. 1) which attaches itself to the body of a fish and sucks the blood or eats the flesh.
Insects and Diseases A Popular Account of the Way in Which Insects may Spread or Cause some of our Common Diseases Rennie Wilbur Doane
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