hagfish
1.
(
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
Synonyms:
hag
,
slime eels
Related Words:
Myxine glutinosa
,
Myxinikela siroka
,
agnathan
,
eptatretus
,
jawless fish
,
jawless vertebrate
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