Currently, the lamprey is a species of concern, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife. From Wordnik.com. [The News Tribune Blogs] Reference
Your 'lamprey' was right on the money, and I agree with Donna as well - I feel the same way about that certain personage. From Wordnik.com. [Lampreys, Megamouths and Cane Toads: Overmarketing] Reference
Lake Ontario is also plagued with invasive species, such as lamprey and zebra mussels. From Wordnik.com. [All American Patriots: US politics, domestic and world news, science, environment, energy and technology - Dispatches from the depths of U.S. government] Reference
The lamprey is also the most primitive vertebrate. From Wordnik.com. [Lamprey May Offer Paralysis Cure] Reference
It seated itself like a lamprey and would not leave. From Wordnik.com. [Garden of Beasts]
I did see one sea lamprey in action on a panel once. From Wordnik.com. [Lampreys, Megamouths and Cane Toads: Overmarketing] Reference
Just goes to show you that even lamprey eels have problems. From Wordnik.com. [weeme Diary Entry] Reference
As for Donna's sea lamprey, I'm pretty sure I know who he is. From Wordnik.com. [Lampreys, Megamouths and Cane Toads: Overmarketing] Reference
The lamprey locked onto my ship and I hopped off into gravity. From Wordnik.com. [Asimov's Science Fiction]
"I have a lot to tell you," he said, unprying her lamprey hold. From Wordnik.com. [In Other Worlds]
This particular one lacked a forehead and had a mouth like a lamprey. From Wordnik.com. [Petty Pewter Gods]
If you have seen a lamprey preparing to feed you might know what I mean. From Wordnik.com. [Prayers To Broken Stones]
"The lamprey has a very simple -- but vertebrate -- nervous system," said Cohen. From Wordnik.com. [Lamprey May Offer Paralysis Cure] Reference
A lamprey pie and maumany were served up next, as the blood was hastily mopped away. From Wordnik.com. [In the Garden of Iden] Reference
"And thou shalt not eat," he says, "the lamprey, or the polypus, or the cuttlefish.". From Wordnik.com. [ANF01. The Apostolic Fathers with Justin Martyr and Irenaeus] Reference
This cannot be the mustela of the antients, which is supposed to be the sea lamprey. From Wordnik.com. [Travels through France and Italy] Reference
Crassus, "Did you not weep for the lamprey that was bred in your fishpond, and died?". From Wordnik.com. [Plutarch's Morals] Reference
He threw the lamprey away with a convulsive shudder and grabbed the next, from his side. From Wordnik.com. [Split Infinity]
Aquinas did, when he had eaten up the whole lamprey, although there was no necessity in it. From Wordnik.com. [Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel] Reference
Arguing with Herbert Romerstein is like trying to shake hands with a lamprey, but here goes. From Wordnik.com. ['The Attack on I.F. Stone': An Exchange] Reference
Lost in the shuffle were several native lamprey species, some of which aren't even parasitic. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing] Reference
The kitchens steamed and smoked with grouse, pigeon, stewed lamprey, and haunches of venison. From Wordnik.com. [Hadrian's Wall.html]
However, there's a particular sea lamprey who has put me off his books by his sheer lamprey-ness. From Wordnik.com. [Lampreys, Megamouths and Cane Toads: Overmarketing] Reference
Salmon, steelhead, and lamprey formerly occurred in Ecoregion 15i prior to dam construction. 15f. From Wordnik.com. [Ecoregions of Idaho (EPA)] Reference
Julius Caesar borrowed six thousand for one entertainment: but I imagined this was the river lamprey. From Wordnik.com. [Travels through France and Italy] Reference
It was formerly the custom of the city of Gloucester to present a lamprey pie to the king at Christmas. From Wordnik.com. [A Righte Merrie Christmasse The Story of Christ-Tide] Reference
The Commission was created in 1956 in order to administer a sea lamprey control program for the Great Lakes. From Wordnik.com. [Davison Named To Great Lakes Fishery Commission] Reference
Joel dug a lamprey-like Logitech mouse and gave his thoughts on the resurrection of the Polaroid instant camera. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing] Reference
There were no lamprey scars on the fish, oddly enough, as most Champlain lakers and salmon I get show lamprey hits. From Wordnik.com. [Trick-Or-Treat Trolling] Reference
The broiled lobsters very sweet, and the lamprey pie (which for its rarity I but seldom eat of) the best ever I had. From Wordnik.com. [A different flesh]
The antennae tendrils had contracted and widened into tiny yellow eyes and the lamprey mouths were recognizably tapered now. From Wordnik.com. [Prayers To Broken Stones]
The Convention established the Great Lakes Fishery Commission in 1956 to administer a sea lamprey control program for the Great Lakes. From Wordnik.com. [Joseph Day Named Commissioner Of Great Lakes Fisheries] Reference
Kem has risen through the Voidcorp ranks by latching on lamprey style to rising stars, then stepping aside when those careers faltered. From Wordnik.com. [Alternity Campaign Gets Underway! « Geek Related] Reference
There was a second detonation, together with a great cloud of steam that swathed Mercy and the giant lamprey swaying above the cauldron. From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Torc]
The Convention established the Great Lakes Fisheries Commission in 1956 to administer a sea lamprey control program for the Great Lakes. From Wordnik.com. [Clark Named Commissioner Of The Great Lake Fisheries] Reference
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