1. 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
   "slime eels are known for producing large quantities of slime when threatened";
   - hagfish, hag

Type of: agnathan, jawless fish, jawless vertebrate

Part of: family Myxinidae, Myxinidae

Encyclopedia: Slime eels