HAGFISH

hagfish, hag, slime eels

(noun) eellike cyclostome having a tongue with horny teeth in a round mouth surrounded by eight tentacles; feeds on dead or trapped fishes by boring into their bodies

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

hagfish (countable and uncountable, plural hagfish or hagfishes)

Any of several primitive eellike fish, of the family Myxinidae, having a sucking mouth with rasping teeth, and sometimes used as food or for eelskin leather.

Synonyms

• borer

• hag

• myxinid

• myxinoid

• slime eel

Hypernyms

• cyclostome

Source: Wiktionary


Hag"fish`(-fish`),n.(Zoöl.)

Definition: See Hag, 4.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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