Hyphenation of lamprey

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word lamprey? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

lam-prey

Definitions of lamprey:

1.	Primitive eellike freshwater or anadromous cyclostome having round sucking mouth with a rasping tongue

Synonyms of lamprey:

noun	lamprey eel, lamper eel, jawless vertebrate, jawless fish, agnathan

Last hyphenations of this language

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