HAGFISHES

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


Noun

hagfishes

plural of hagfish

Source: Wiktionary


HAGFISH

Hag"fish`(-fish`),n.(Zoöl.)

Definition: See Hag, 4.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

8 November 2024

REPLACEMENT

(noun) the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; “replacing the star will not be easy”


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Coffee Trivia

In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.

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