family petromyzontidae

English Thesaurus

1. lampreys (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	fish family,
definition	:	any of various families of fish (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	lamper eel, lamprey, lamprey eel,
definition	:	primitive eellike freshwater or anadromous cyclostome having round sucking mouth with a rasping tongue (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	genus petromyzon, petromyzon,
definition	:	typical lampreys (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	cyclostomata, order cyclostomata,
definition	:	primitive jawless aquatic vertebrate: lampreys; hagfishes (noun.animal)