[? f. lampre, var. of LAMPREY + EEL. But cf. LAMPREL.]

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  1.  = LAMPREY.

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1824.  Mactaggart, Gallovid. Encycl., Lamper eels,… common in spring wells during summer.

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a. 1825.  Forby, Voc. E. Anglia, Lamper-eel, the lamprey.

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1885.  Harper’s Mag., March, 658/2. Lamper-eels ascended the river.

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1897.  Outing (U.S.), XXX. 440/1. The lamprey, or lamper-eel, may once have been considered a delicacy.

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  2.  U.S. The mutton-fish or eel-pout (Zoarces anguillaris) of N. America.

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1885.  Stand. Nat. Hist., I. (1888), III. 259. Mutton-fish,… eel-pout, and lamper-eel are names bestowed on the Zoarces anguillaris.

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