"hagfish" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: hagfish [plural], hagfishes [plural]
Etymology: hag + fish Etymology templates: {{compound|en|hag|fish}} hag + fish Head templates: {{en-noun|~|hagfish|+}} hagfish (countable and uncountable, plural hagfish or hagfishes)
  1. Any of several primitive eellike fish, of the family Myxinidae, having a sucking mouth with rasping teeth, and sometimes used as food or for eelskin leather. Wikipedia link: hagfish Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Jawless fish Synonyms: borer, hag, myxinid, myxinoid, slime eel Hypernyms: cyclostome Derived forms: black hagfish, gulf hagfish, hagfishery, hagfishing, inshore hagfish, New Zealand hagfish, Pacific hagfish, southern hagfish Translations (eellike fish of the family Myxinidae): прилепало (prilepalo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), mixina [feminine] (Catalan), 盲鰻 (Chinese Mandarin), 盲鳗 (mángmán) (Chinese Mandarin), slimål [common-gender] (Danish), slijmprik (Dutch), mukofiŝo (Esperanto), limaajakala (Finnish), limaaja (Finnish), limanahkiainen (Finnish), myxine [feminine] (French), Schleimaal [masculine] (German), Inger [masculine] (German), cailleach [feminine] (Irish), missina [feminine] (Italian), ヌタウナギ (nutaunagi) (Japanese), 먹장어 (meokjang'eo) (Korean), 곰장어 (gomjang'eo) (Korean), 꼼장어 (kkomjang'eo) (Korean), caillagh varrey [feminine] (Manx), tuere (Maori), tuare (Maori), napia (Maori), pia (Maori), łóóʼ bíígháántsiighąąʼ ádaadinígíí (Navajo), slimål [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), śluzica [feminine] (Polish), mixina [feminine] (Portuguese), peixe-bruxa [masculine] (Portuguese), feiticeira [feminine] (Portuguese), микси́на (miksína) [feminine] (Russian), слепуља (sljepulja) [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), mixino [masculine] (Spanish), pez-bruja [masculine] (Spanish), pirål [common-gender] (Swedish), ellyll môr [masculine] (Welsh), safngrwn [masculine] (Welsh), slymnjoggeneach (West Frisian)

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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "eellike fish of the family Myxinidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "peixe-bruxa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "eellike fish of the family Myxinidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "feiticeira"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "miksína",
      "sense": "eellike fish of the family Myxinidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "микси́на"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "roman": "sljepulja",
      "sense": "eellike fish of the family Myxinidae",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "слепуља"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "eellike fish of the family Myxinidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mixino"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "eellike fish of the family Myxinidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pez-bruja"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "eellike fish of the family Myxinidae",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "pirål"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "eellike fish of the family Myxinidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ellyll môr"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "eellike fish of the family Myxinidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "safngrwn"
    },
    {
      "code": "fy",
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "sense": "eellike fish of the family Myxinidae",
      "word": "slymnjoggeneach"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hagfish"
}

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