hagfish

English

Etymology

hag + fish

A hagfish

Noun

hagfish (countable and uncountable, plural hagfish or hagfishes)

  1. 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.

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Derived terms

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

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