Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun sea_lamprey

1 sense of sea lamprey

Sense 1
sea lamprey, Petromyzon marinus -- (large anadromous lamprey sometimes used as food; destructive of native fish fauna in the Great Lakes)
       => lamprey, lamprey eel, lamper eel -- (primitive eellike freshwater or anadromous cyclostome having round sucking mouth with a rasping tongue)