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(n)
Synonyms: hag
hagfish
slime eels
Hyponyms: eptatretus
myxine glutinosa
myxinikela siroka
Hypernyms: agnathan
jawless fish
jawless vertebrate
MemberMeronyms: family myxinidae
myxinidae