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Webster 1913 Edition

Hagfish

Hag′fishˊ

(-fĭshˊ)

,

Noun.

(Zoöl.)

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Definition 2024

hagfish

hagfish

English

Noun

hagfish ‎(countable and uncountable, plural hagfish or hagfishes)

any of several primitive eellike creatures, of the family Myxinidae, having a sucking mouth with rasping teeth; considered edible in Japan, their skin is used to make eelskin leather

Translations

eellike creature of the family Myxinidae

Bulgarian: прилепало n ‎(prilepalo)
Irish: cailleach (ga) f
Italian: missina f
Manx: caillagh varrey f
Maori: tuere
Navajo: łóóʼ bíígháántsiighąąʼ ádaadinígíí

Norwegian:
Bokmål: slimål m
Russian: микси́на f ‎(miksína)
Spanish: mixino m

Synonyms

slime eel