lamper eel
[lam-per]
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noun
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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, FishermanAlbert 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.
lamper eel
noun
Word Origin for lamper eel
C19 lamper, variant of lamprey
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