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 Definitions of hagfish  [ˈhægˌfɪʃ]  

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Definition of 'hagfish' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) hagfish
any eel-shaped jawless fish of the order Myxiniformes, having a round, sucking mouth and rasping tongue for boring into the flesh of other fishes.

Etymology:  (1605–15)

Definition of 'hagfish' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) hagfish, hag, slime eels
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

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