What is "sea lamprey"

Sea lamprey \Sea" lam"prey\ (Zo["o]l.) The common lamprey.

n. A parasitic lamprey found in Europe and North America, ''Petromyzon marinus''.

n. large anadromous lamprey sometimes used as food; destructive of native fish fauna in the Great Lakes [syn: Petromyzon marinus]

The sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) is a parasitic lamprey native to the Northern Hemisphere.