Hagfish

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Any of various primitive, eel-shaped marine fishes of the family Myxinidae, having a jawless sucking mouth equipped with rasping teeth with which they bore into and feed on other fishes.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. 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
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. See hag, 4.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Same as hag, 3.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. 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
  • Variant
    hagfishes    hag