Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A freshwater lamprey, Ammocœtes fluviatilis, and others of the same genus.
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Examples
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And ham and river-lamprey and pickled fish, mackerel and sting ray and tunny, and nice soft cheese?
Amphitryo, Asinaria, Aulularia, Bacchides, Captivi Amphitryon, The Comedy of Asses, The Pot of Gold, The Two Bacchises, The Captives Titus Maccius Plautus 1919
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The ovum-segmentation in our common river-lamprey (Petromyzon fluviatilis) was described by
The Evolution of Man — Volume 1 Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel 1876
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