Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A lamprey. See
Petromyzon .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A lamprey.
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- noun A
lamprey .
Etymologies
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Examples
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But I'll be damned if I'm ever going to give anyone the opportunity to legitimately call my son a "rocksucker".
unclebob Diary Entry unclebob 2002
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I didn't have time for more reflection, because the cold wind of time-change blew, creeping up my spine like the paralysis that followed the sting of a rocksucker.
Timegod's World Modesitt, L. E. 1992
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A rocksucker flattened under the flag waiting for me to step down?
Timegod's World Modesitt, L. E. 1992
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Physical reactions are an illusion in the undertime, but I felt I shuddered as I hung there, thinking about the acid touch of a giant rocksucker snapping up around me.
Timegod's World Modesitt, L. E. 1992
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On the other hand, if I grabbed the rocksucker by the tentacles and eliminated Heimdall, the structure would sooner or later create another -- was Gilmesh any different?
Timegod's World Modesitt, L. E. 1992
deinonychus commented on the word rocksucker
Also a species of clingfish, Chorisochismus dentex.
January 31, 2013