Definitions for hagfishˈhægˌfɪʃ

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

hag•fishˈhægˌfɪʃ(n.)(pl.)-fish; -fish•es.

  1. 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.

    Category: Ichthyology

Origin of hagfish:

1605–15

Princeton's WordNet

  1. 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

Wiktionary

  1. hagfish(Noun)

    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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