Hagfish

Word HAGFISH
Character 7
Hyphenation hag fish
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Definitions and meanings of "Hagfish"

What do we mean by hagfish?

Any of various elongated slimy marine fishes of the class Myxini (family Myxinidae), lacking jaws and vertebrae and having a sucking mouth with toothlike rasps, used for feeding on invertebrates and for burrowing into or scavenging other fish. noun

Same as hag, 3. noun

See hag, 4. noun

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 a form of leather noun

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 noun

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.

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The word "hagfish" in example sentences

Since the 1970s, many evolutionary biologists have considered an eel-like, deep-sea-dwelling creature called the hagfish to be the closest extant relative of a last common ancestor for all backboned creatures. ❋ Brandon Keim (2010)

Looking at further opportunities within the industry, the minister pointed to underutilized species such as hagfish, cucumber fish, and different varieties of crab. ❋ ANDREW ROBINSON (2009)

Game of Life says: repugs constituents as dumber than slime from a hagfish. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I love the smell of hagfish slime under a Haitian sun ❋ SeattleDan (2009)

Every morning you get up, jump into the ocean, collect hagfish mucous, crawl back onto the beach, rub the slime all over your body, sunbathe for a few hours, and then let a couple of dozen Haitians sniff you before sitting back down to write all about it. ❋ SeattleDan (2009)

I understand that hagfish mucous is very sensitive to temperature variations. ❋ SeattleDan (2009)

Saul Alinsky learned from that, and strongly advocated giving up the bombs and rhetoric within their revolutionary dreams, instead entering the old form of society like the hagfish to devour it from the inside. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Even sharks are closer cousins to humans than they are to lampreys and hagfish the only modern survivors of the once thriving and diverse group of jawless fishes but again, we call them all fish. ❋ RICHARD DAWKINS (2009)

Of course you'll also save money by collecting the hagfish yourself hence the flippers and by using low-wage Haitians to monitor mucous degradation. ❋ SeattleDan (2009)

Also known as slime eels, hagfish have glands on either side of their bodies that produce enormous quantities of mucoid material, probably as a defense mechanism. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Glands down the side of its body constantly produce mucus, making the hagfish so slippery that it can crawl inside its prey. ❋ Doppelganger (2007)

Tonight, when you're saying your prayers, don't forget to include the hagfish in your blessings. ❋ Doppelganger (2007)

Those spiky things are feelers called barbels that the hagfish uses to feel its way around the ocean. ❋ Doppelganger (2007)

And then you've got the hagfish, a creature whose entire raison d'etre seems to be to make you go "Ewww!" when you hear about it. ❋ Doppelganger (2007)

Edit if I am not mistaken when you buy fine leather goods made of “eelskin” it is actually hagfish that this comes from. ❋ Unknown (2007)

I love all -- well, most, anyway -- of Mother Earth's creatures, but the hagfish sure doesn't make it easy. ❋ Doppelganger (2007)

When a hagfish finds a dead or sick fish, it uses its toothless mouth and raspy tongue to burrow into the fish. ❋ Doppelganger (2007)

The hagfish is sometimes called a "slime eel" or "slime hag" because of the thick layer of slime, or mucus, that coats its skin. ❋ Doppelganger (2007)

When the single nostril os the hagfish becomes clogged with slime, it simply sneezes to clear its nose. ❋ Doppelganger (2007)

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