Definition of "lampreys" []

• Plural form of lamprey. (noun)

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• "These and the lampreys are the only fishes 'nests that I have observed, though the ova of some species may be seen floating on the surface."
• "Rather than the familiar adaptive immune system based on immunoglobulin domains and major histocompatibility complex antigens common to mammals and most other vertebrates, jawless vertebrates such as lampreys and hagfish use modular units of leucine-rich repeat (LRR) proteins called "variable lymphocyte receptors" (VLRs) A and B. Lampreys by Drow male, Wikimedia Commons"
• "When I posted about the lives of lovable native lampreys a couple weeks ago, commenter Allegra pointed me to some great videos of vegetarian lamprey in Vancouver's Morrison Creek."