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
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.
• borer
• hag
• myxinid
• myxinoid
• slime eel
• cyclostome
Source: Wiktionary
Hag"fish`(-fish`),n.(Zoöl.)
Definition: See Hag, 4.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
29 April 2024
(noun) a geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate
The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.
