n. 盲鳗

[ 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
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Hagfish \Hag"fish`\(-f[i^]sh`),n.(Zo["o]l.)
See {Hag}, 4.

Hag \Hag\ (h[a^]g), n. [OE. hagge, hegge, witch, hag, AS.
h[ae]gtesse; akin to OHG. hagazussa, G. hexe, D. heks, Dan.
hex, Sw. h["a]xa. The first part of the word is prob. the
same as E. haw, hedge, and the orig. meaning was perh., wood
woman, wild woman. [root]12.]
1. A witch, sorceress, or enchantress; also, a wizard. [Obs.]
``[Silenus] that old hag.'' --Golding.

2. An ugly old woman. --Dryden.

3. A fury; a she-monster. --Crashaw.

4. (Zo["o]l.) An eel-like marine marsipobranch ({Myxine
glutinosa}), allied to the lamprey. It has a suctorial
mouth, with labial appendages, and a single pair of gill
openings. It is the type of the order {Hyperotreta}.
Called also {hagfish}, {borer}, {slime eel}, {sucker}, and
{sleepmarken}.

5. (Zo["o]l.) The hagdon or shearwater.

6. An appearance of light and fire on a horse's mane or a
man's hair. --Blount.

{Hag moth} (Zo["o]l.), a moth ({Phobetron pithecium}), the
larva of which has curious side appendages, and feeds on
fruit trees.

{Hag's tooth} (Naut.), an ugly irregularity in the pattern of
matting or pointing.