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Hagfish Moderate

Hagfish has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

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

2

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.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
jawless vertebrate
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
Myxine glutinosa eptatretus Myxinikela siroka
Rhyming Words
ish hish lish tish mish eish rish nish dish bish pish fish kish aish wish gish irish ajish ilish swish
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