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Definition of: ammocete
(am′ə·sēt) noun
The prolonged larval stage of the lamprey, represented by an eyeless, transparent, wormlike filter feeder living in muddy river bottoms. Also ammocoete. [<Gk. ammos sand + koitē bed]
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