lamper eel

[lam-per]

noun

lamprey.

Origin of lamper eel

First recorded in 1700–10

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Historical Examples of lamper eel

Spiny, egg-like sea-urchins, green wrinkles, and an occasional flounder or lamper-eel gave variety to the catch.
Jim Spurling, Fisherman
Albert Walter Tolman
If there is anything on arth that holds on hard, it's a York Editor; a lamper-eel is nothing to one on 'em.
Highlife in New York: a series of letters to Mr. Zephariah Slick,
Ann S. Stephens

British Dictionary definitions for lamper eel

lamper eel

noun

another name for lamprey

Word Origin for lamper eel

C19 lamper, variant of lamprey

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