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lamprey vs jawless fish

jawless fish vs lamprey

lamprey and jawless fish both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
lamprey Yes No No No
jawless fish Yes No No No
As nouns, jawless fish is a hypernym of lamprey; that is, jawless fish is a word with a broader meaning than lamprey:
  • lamprey: primitive eellike freshwater or anadromous cyclostome having round sucking mouth with a rasping tongue
  • jawless fish: eel-shaped vertebrate without jaws or paired appendages including the cyclostomes and some extinct forms
Other hypernyms of lamprey include agnathan, jawless vertebrate.
lamprey (noun) jawless fish (noun)
primitive eellike freshwater or anadromous cyclostome having round sucking mouth with a rasping tongue eel-shaped vertebrate without jaws or paired appendages including the cyclostomes and some extinct forms
Difference between lamprey and jawless fish

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