Definition of "hagfish" []

• Any of various primitive, eel-shaped marine fishes of the family Myxinidae, having a jawless sucking mouth equipped with rasping teeth with which they bore into and feed on other fishes. (noun)

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• "Since the 1970s, many evolutionary biologists have considered an eel-like, deep-sea-dwelling creature called the hagfish to be the closest extant relative of a last common ancestor for all backboned creatures."
• "Looking at further opportunities within the industry, the minister pointed to underutilized species such as hagfish, cucumber fish, and different varieties of crab."
• "Game of Life says: repugs constituents as dumber than slime from a hagfish."