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Definition of Lampern
1. n. The river lamprey (Ammocœtes, or Lampetra, fluviatilis).
Definition of Lampern
1. Noun. The European river lamprey, ''Lampetra fluviatilis''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lampern
1. a primitive fish-like vertebrate [n -S]
Medical Definition of Lampern
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Lampern
Literary usage of Lampern
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Book of the Thames: From Its Rise to Its Fall by Samuel Carter Hall (1877)
"... remarkable and interesting memorials,—among others a monument to "Peg
Woffington,"f—and also because it is so familiar a Lamprey and lampern. friend to ..."
2. The Sea-fisherman: Comprising the Chief Methods of Hook and Line Fishing in by James C. Wilcocks (1884)
"... and catching them with a three-pronged kitchen dinner-fork, or nipping them
with a pair of old notched scissors. THE lampern OR LESSER LAMPREY. ..."
3. Fish-culture: A Practical Guide to the Modern System of Breeding and Rearing by Francis Francis (1863)
"There is another species of lamprey, much smaller in size, called the lampern,
which resembles at first sight a grig, or small eel; it is of some ten or ..."
4. Animal Simples, Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by William Thomas Fernie (1899)
"... fish, then called "lampern." Its mouth is like the large end of a funnel,
dotted all over with small hook-like teeth. Instead of gills as breathing ..."
5. A general history of Worcester by John Chambers (1820)
"Historians tell us Henry I. died from eating too many lampreys. The lampern is
to the lamprey what the craw-fish is to the lobster ..."
6. Nature's teachings: human invention anticipated by nature by John George Wood (1877)
"Mechanical Principle of the Tail of the Fish, the Otter, and the sinuous Body of
the Eel and lampern.—The Coracle and the Whirl wig-beetle. ..."
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