hagfish

English

Etymology

hag +‎ fish

Noun

hagfish (countable and uncountable, plural hagfish or hagfishes)

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.

Synonyms

Hypernyms

cyclostome

Derived terms

black hagfish
gulf hagfish
hagfishery
hagfishing
inshore hagfish
New Zealand hagfish
Pacific hagfish
southern hagfish

Translations

eellike fish of the family Myxinidae

Bulgarian: прилепало n (prilepalo)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 盲鰻 (zh), 盲鳗 (zh) (mángmán)
Dutch: slijmprik
Esperanto: mukofiŝo
Finnish: limaajakala, limaaja (fi)
French: myxine (fr) f
German: Schleimaal m, Inger m
Irish: cailleach (ga) f
Italian: missina f
Japanese: ヌタウナギ (nutaunagi)

Korean: 먹장어 (meokjang-eo), 곰장어 (gomjang-eo), 꼼장어 (kkomjang-eo)
Manx: caillagh varrey f
Maori: tuere, tuare, napia, pia
Navajo: łóóʼ bíígháántsiighąąʼ ádaadinígíí
Norwegian:
Bokmål: slimål m
Polish: śluzica f
Portuguese: mixina f, peixe-bruxa m
Russian: микси́на f (miksína)
Spanish: mixino m
Swedish: pirål c

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