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lamprey
lamprey is a 7-letter English word with 2 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: An eel-like marsipobranch of the genus Petromyzon, and allied genera. 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. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 16 · 2 senses
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- 1noun
An eel-like marsipobranch of the genus Petromyzon, and allied genera. 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.
- 2noun
primitive eellike freshwater or anadromous cyclostome having round sucking mouth with a rasping tongue
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