Noun: hagfish 'hag,fish
- Eel-like 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 known for producing large quantities of slime when threatened";
- hag, slime eels
Derived forms: hagfishes
Type of: agnathan, jawless fish, jawless vertebrate
Part of: family Myxinidae, Myxinidae
Encyclopedia: Hagfish