English noun: hagfish | |||
1. | hagfish (animal) 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 | ||
Broader (hypernym) | agnathan, jawless fish, jawless vertebrate | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | eptatretus, Myxine glutinosa, Myxinikela siroka | ||
Member meronym | family Myxinidae, Myxinidae | ||