Definition of Petromyzontidae

1. Noun. Lampreys.

Exact synonyms: Family Petromyzontidae
Generic synonyms: Fish Family
Group relationships: Cyclostomata, Order Cyclostomata
Member holonyms: Lamper Eel, Lamprey, Lamprey Eel, Genus Petromyzon, Petromyzon

Lexicographical Neighbors of Petromyzontidae

Petrarchan sonnets
Petre
Petri dish
Petri dishes
Petri net
Petrich
Petrified Forest National Park
Petrine
Petrocoptis
Petrogale
Petrogales
Petrograd
Petromyzon
Petromyzon marinus
Petromyzoniformes
Petromyzontidae (current term)
Petronella
Petronius
Petronius Arbiter
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
Petroselinum
Petroselinum crispum
Petroselinum crispum neapolitanum
Petroselinum crispum tuberosum
Petrosyan
Petrozavodsk
Petrus Stuyvesant
Pette-Doring disease
Petteria
Petteria ramentacea

Literary usage of Petromyzontidae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Reports of Explorations and Surveys: To Ascertain the Most Practicable and by United States War Dept, Joseph Henry, United States Army. Corps of Engineers, Spencer Fullerton Baird (1855)
"... fauna of North America, and that of the Lampreys, which follows. Family Petromyzontidae, Owen. ..."

2. Popular Science Monthly (1906)
"The Petromyzontidae are found in all temperate fresh waters and seas in both the northern and southern hemispheres ..."

3. The Wilder Quarter-century Book: A Collection of Original Papers Dedicated (1893)
"Both the lake and the brook lamprey agree entirely with the designation for the Petromyzontidae as given above, and besides the lake lamprey agrees with the ..."

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