noun, feminine/lɑ̃.pʁwa/plural: lamproies
lamprey (a fish)
Related: lamprillon, lamproie de rivière, lamproie fluviatile, lamproyon
From Old French lamproie, from Medieval Latin lamprēda, of uncertain origin: possibly from Late Latin lampetra, from a combination of lambō (“lick”) + petra (“stone”). Compare Spanish lamprea, Italian lampreda, Portuguese lampreia. However, see also Gaulish naupreda; naupreda is attested in the 5th century via Polemius Silvius.