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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A genus of myzonts which have a very slimy body and attach themselves to fishes by means of their sucker-like mouth, typical of the family Myxinidæ; the hags. See cut under hag, 3.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A taxonomic genus within the family Myxinidae — hagfish.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. (Zoöl.) A genus of marsipobranchs, including the hagfish. See hag, 4.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. type genus of the Myxinidae (typical hagfishes)

Etymologies

  1. New Latin, from Ancient Greek  (myx, "slime") (Wiktionary)

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  1. fish genus

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  1. hyperotreta
  2. hag
  1. borer
  2. pirate-fish
  1. slime-eel
  2. devourer
  1. myxinoid
  2. sucker
  1. blindfish
  2. marsipobranch
  1. myxinidæ
  2. macromere

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