hagfish
1. [ noun ] (zoology) 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
Synonyms: slime_eels hag
Related terms: jawless_vertebrate eptatretus Myxine_glutinosa Myxinikela_siroka Myxinidae
Similar spelling:   hogfish