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
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hagfish::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | hag, slime eels |
| Type of | agnathan, jawless fish, jawless vertebrate |
| Has types | myxinikela siroka, myxine glutinosa, eptatretus |
Examples of hagfish
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The skins come from the slithery saltwater hagfish, also known as the slime eel.
From the time.com
Hagfish are partway between fish and worms, with a spinal cord but no backbone.
From the newscientist.com
Rich MooiEven many fish scientists are not greatly enamored of the slimy hagfish.
From the scientistatwork.blogs.nytimes.com
There are no catch limits for hagfish, and the species is in no immediate danger.
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The hagfish began by searching the seabed and sticking its head into open burrows.
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Finally, the hagfish tied its tail into a knot, anchoring itself on the sea floor.
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On the way down its flesh is feasted on by sharks and scavengers like the hagfish.
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Expedition scientists strongly suspect that hagfish collected were new to science.
From the scientistatwork.blogs.nytimes.com
Basically, this is all fish except for sharks, rays, skates, hagfish and lampreys.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- 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
- Hagfish are marine craniates of the class Agnatha or Myxini, also known as Hyperotreti. Some researchers regard Myxini as not belonging to the subphylum Vertebrata. That is, they are the only living animals that have a skull but not a vertebral column.
- Hagfish is the self-titled third studio album by Hagfish, released in 1998 on Honest Don's, a subsidiary label of Fat Wreck Chords. ...
- Hagfish were a punk rock band from the Deep Ellum district of Dallas, TX that included George Reagan III, Zach Blair, Doni Blair and Tony Barsotti for the majority of the bands career, including all of their studio albums. ...
- Any of several primitive eellike creatures, of the family Myxindae, having a sucking mouth with rasping teeth; considered edible in Japan, their skin is used to make a form of leather
