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ˈhægˌfɪʃhag·fish

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. hagfish, hag, slime eelsnoun

    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

Wiktionary

  1. hagfishnoun

    any of several primitive eellike creatures, of the family Myxinidae, having a sucking mouth with rasping teeth; considered edible in Japan, their skin is used to make a form of leather

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  1. Hagfish

    Hagfish, of the class Myxini (also known as Hyperotreti) and order Myxiniformes , are eel-shaped, slime-producing marine fish (occasionally called slime eels). They are the only known living animals that have a skull but no vertebral column, although hagfish do have rudimentary vertebrae. Along with lampreys, hagfish are jawless; the two form the sister group to jawed vertebrates, and living hagfish remain similar to hagfish from around 300 million years ago.The classification of hagfish had been controversial. The issue was whether the hagfish was a degenerate type of vertebrate-fish that through evolution had lost its vertebrae (the original scheme) and was most closely related to lampreys, or whether hagfish represent a stage that precedes the evolution of the vertebral column (the alternative scheme) as is the case with lancelets. Recent DNA evidence has supported the original scheme.The original scheme groups hagfish and lampreys together as cyclostomes (or historically, Agnatha), as the oldest surviving class of vertebrates alongside gnathostomes (the now-ubiquitous jawed vertebrates). The alternative scheme proposed that jawed vertebrates are more closely related to lampreys than to hagfish (i.e., that vertebrates include lampreys but exclude hagfish), and introduced the category craniata to group vertebrates near hagfish.

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  1. hagfish

    Hagfish are marine creatures, known for their elongated, slimy, eel-like bodies. They belong to the class Myxini in the phylum Chordata. They are considered as some of the most primitive vertebrates on the planet, lacking jaws and true vertebrae. Hagfish are typically scavengers, feeding on dead or dying organisms by burrowing into them and consuming them from the inside out. They are infamous for their defensive mechanism of releasing large amounts of slime when they feel threatened. Despite their primitive features, hagfish have been found to have a complex immune system similar to higher vertebrates.

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  1. Hagfish

    Hagfish, the class Myxini, are eel-shaped slime-producing marine animals. They are the only known living animals that have a skull but not a vertebral column. Along with lampreys, hagfish are jawless and are living fossils; hagfish are basal to vertebrates, and living hagfish remain similar to hagfish 300 million years ago. The classification of hagfish has been controversial. The issue is whether the hagfish is itself a degenerate type of vertebrate-fish, or else may represent a stage which precedes the evolution of the vertebral column. The original scheme groups hagfish and lampreys together as cyclostomes, as the oldest surviving class of vertebrates alongside gnathostomes. An alternative scheme proposed that jawed-vertebrates are more closely related to lampreys than to hagfish, and introduces the category craniata to group vertebrates near hagfish. Recent DNA evidence has supported the original scheme.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of hagfish in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of hagfish in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

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