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Lamprey vs Bony - What's the difference?

lamprey | bony |

As a noun lamprey

is any long slender primitive eel-like freshwater and saltwater fish of the petromyzontidae family, having a sucking mouth with rasping teeth but no jaw.

As an adjective bony is

resembling, having the appearance or consistence of, or relating to bone; osseous.

lamprey

English

(wikipedia lamprey)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any long slender primitive eel-like freshwater and saltwater fish of the Petromyzontidae family, having a sucking mouth with rasping teeth but no jaw.

    • Derived terms

    * brook lamprey * European river lamprey * sea lamprey

    References

    * lamprey] in , volume VI, 1908 *

    bony

    English

    Alternative forms

    * boney

    Adjective

    (er)
  • resembling, having the appearance or consistence of, or relating to bone; osseous.
  • full of bones
  • with little flesh; skinny, thin
  • having prominent bones