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Lancelet vs Lamprey - What's the difference?

lancelet | lamprey |

As nouns the difference between lancelet and lamprey

is that lancelet is any of a group of primitive marine animals, of subphylum Cephalochordata, having a notochord instead of a backbone while 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.

lancelet

English

Noun

(wikipedia lancelet) (en noun)
  • any of a group of primitive marine animals, of subphylum Cephalochordata , having a notochord instead of a backbone

    • 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 *