hagfish

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Any of several primitive eellike fish, of the family Myxinidae, having a sucking mouth with rasping teeth, and sometimes used as food or for eelskin leather.

/ˈhæɡˌfɪʃ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-hagfish.wav

hagfish hagfishes

From hag + fish.

borer hag myxinid myxinoid slime eel

black hagfish gulf hagfish hagfishery hagfishing inshore hagfish New Zealand hagfish Pacific hagfish southern hagfish

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