Common name | Three-toothed lamprey |
Language | English |
Type | Vernacular |
Official trade name | No |
Rank | 3 - (Other common name) |
Country | Canada |
Locality | British Columbia |
Ref. | Scott, W.B. and E.J. Crossman, 1973 |
Life stage | juveniles and adults |
Sex | females and males |
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Remarks | 'Three-toothed', i.e., with three teeth; 'tooth', i.e., eater, from prehistoric Germanic 'tanthuz' from pre-historic Indo-European 'ed-', i.e., eat (p. 536 in Ref. 11979); 'lamprey' from Old English from Latin 'lampreda' from 'lampetra', i.e., stone-licker since the lamprey holds on to rocks with its jawless sucking mouth (p. 316 in Ref. 11979). |