hagfish
noun/ˈhæɡˌfɪʃ/
Etymology From hag + fish.
1
Any of the primitive eellike fish, of the family Myxinidae, having a sucking mouth with rasping teeth, and sometimes used as food or for eelskin leather.
- Derived terms
- black hagfish, gulf hagfish, hagfishery, hagfishing, inshore hagfish, New Zealand hagfish, Pacific hagfish, southern hagfish
- Hypernyms
- cyclostome