Definition of Petromyzon marinus

1. Noun. Large anadromous lamprey sometimes used as food; destructive of native fish fauna in the Great Lakes.

Exact synonyms: Sea Lamprey
Generic synonyms: Lamper Eel, Lamprey, Lamprey Eel
Group relationships: Genus Petromyzon, Petromyzon

Lexicographical Neighbors of Petromyzon Marinus

Petrarch
Petrarchan sonnet
Petrarchan sonnets
Petre
Petri dish
Petri dishes
Petri net
Petrich
Petrified Forest National Park
Petrine
Petrocoptis
Petrogale
Petrogales
Petrograd
Petromyzon
Petromyzon marinus (current term)
Petromyzoniformes
Petromyzontidae
Petronella
Petronius
Petronius Arbiter
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
Petroselinum
Petroselinum crispum
Petroselinum crispum neapolitanum
Petroselinum crispum tuberosum
Petrosyan
Petrozavodsk
Petrus Stuyvesant
Pette-Doring disease

Literary usage of Petromyzon marinus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Manual of Zoology by Thomas Jeffery Parker, William Aitcheson Haswell (1905)
"Petromyzon marinus. Ventral (A), lateral (B), and dorsal (C) views of the head. br. cl. i, first gill-cleft; buc.f, buccal funnel; eye, eye; mth, mouth; ..."

2. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1863)
"Exhibited by JOHN ALEXANDER SMITH, MD Dr Smith exhibited a specimen of the sea lamprey, Petromyzon marinus, measuring thirty-three inches in length ..."

3. Reports of the North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey (1907)
"Petromyzon marinus. Inhabits the coasts of the North Atlantic Ocean, ranging as far south as North Carolina, going from the sea to the rivers to spawn. ..."

4. The Wilder Quarter-century Book: A Collection of Original Papers Dedicated (1893)
"Thompson ('87), gives the size of the red corpuscles of Petromyzon marinus as 13 /x to 14 p. Welcker gives the number of red corpuscles in a cubic ..."

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