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Meaning of "hagfish" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HAGFISH

ˈhæɡˌfɪʃ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HAGFISH

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Hagfish is a noun.
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WHAT DOES HAGFISH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Hagfish

Hagfish, the class Myxini, are eel-shaped, slime-producing, marine fish. They are the only known living animals that have a skull but no vertebral column. Along with lampreys, hagfish are jawless and are living fossils; they are basal to vertebrates, and living hagfish remain similar to hagfish 300 million years ago. The classification of hagfish has been controversial. The issue is whether the hagfish is itself a degenerate type of vertebrate-fish, or else may represent a stage which precedes the evolution of the vertebral column. The original scheme groups hagfish and lampreys together as cyclostomes, as the oldest surviving class of vertebrates alongside gnathostomes. An alternative scheme proposed that jawed-vertebrates are more closely related to lampreys than to hagfish, and introduces the category craniata to group vertebrates near hagfish. Recent DNA evidence has supported the original scheme.

Definition of hagfish in the English dictionary

The definition of hagfish in the dictionary is any eel-like marine cyclostome vertebrate of the family Myxinidae, having a round sucking mouth and feeding on the tissues of other animals and on dead organic material Often shortened to: hag.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HAGFISH

blowfish · catfish · crawfish · crayfish · dealfish · dogfish · flatfish · frogfish · goldfish · hogfish · jellyfish · pigfish · sailfish · shellfish · starfish · stockfish · sunfish · swordfish · triggerfish · whitefish

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HAGFISH

hag · hag-ridden · Hag. · hagadic · Hagar · hagborn · hagbut · hagbuteer · hagbutter · Hagen · hagg · Haggadah · Haggadas · haggadic · haggadical · haggadist · haggadistic · Haggadoth · Haggai · haggard

WORDS THAT END LIKE HAGFISH

baitfish · big fish · clingfish · drink like a fish · finfish · fish · flowerhorn fish · flying fish · giant pigfish · greater spotted dogfish · kingfish · lesser spotted dogfish · lungfish · oafish · Queensland lungfish · river fish · selfish · unselfish · yellowtail kingfish · zebrafish

Synonyms and antonyms of hagfish in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «hagfish» into 25 languages

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Find out the translation of hagfish to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of hagfish from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hagfish» in English.
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盲鳗
1,325 millions of speakers
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hagfish
570 millions of speakers
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hagfish
510 millions of speakers
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hagfish
380 millions of speakers
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hagfish
280 millions of speakers
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миксина
278 millions of speakers
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Mixinídeos
270 millions of speakers
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hagfish
260 millions of speakers
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myxine
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Hagfish
190 millions of speakers
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hagfish
180 millions of speakers
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メクラウナギ
130 millions of speakers
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먹장어
85 millions of speakers
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Hagfish
85 millions of speakers
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hagfish
80 millions of speakers
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hagfish
75 millions of speakers
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हाग्फिश
75 millions of speakers
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balık asalağı
70 millions of speakers
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hagfish
65 millions of speakers
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śluzic
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міксина
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hagfish
30 millions of speakers
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πετρόχελα
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hagfish
14 millions of speakers
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pirål
10 millions of speakers
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slimål
5 millions of speakers

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about hagfish

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HAGFISH»

Discover the use of hagfish in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hagfish and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Biology of Hagfishes
This book deals with widely different aspects of the biology of hagfishes.
Jørgen Mørup Jørgensen, 1998
2
Disgusting Hagfish
Describes how the hagfish oozes sticky slim when it faces danger.
Meish Goldish, 2008
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How to Snog a Hagfish!: Disgusting Things in the Sea
Fishermen, marine biologists and pretty much everyone else who has ever encountered one all seem to agree * out of230,000 known species, the Hagfish is by far the most disgusting creature that inhabits the ' oceans. 5 The Hagfish is ...
Jonathan Eyers, 2012
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Hagfish Slime and Lobster Rolls
THE HAGFISH To know a hagfish, is to love a hagfish—or maybe not. A good friend of mine in Maine (you know who you are) has developed a new type of phobia; she is convinced that upon entering the Gulf of Maine for a leisurely swim , she ...
Ellen Prager, 2013
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The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution
•ENDEZVOUS 22, where we meet the lampreys and hagfish, occurs somewhere in the warm seas of the early Cambrian, say 530 million years ago, and I would very roughly guess that Concestor 22 was our 240-million-greats-grandpar- ent.
Richard Dawkins, 2005
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The Happy Hagfish
Tamera Riedle.
Tamera Riedle
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Exploring the World of Aquatic Life
Two groups of these primitive fish,the hagfish and the lampreys,still exist today. Hagfish and the lampreys have features in common, but they are not closely related.Neither of them have jaws,backbones,or paired fins,but they have paired eyes ...
John Dawes, Andrew Campbell, John P. Friel, 2008
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Extraordinary Animals: An Encyclopedia of Curious and ...
There are 64 known species of hagfish in 5 genera (Eptatretus, Myxine, Nemamyxine, Neomyxine, and Notomyxine). Although they are thought to represent an ancient lineage, fossil evidence supporting this theory was lacking, until recently.
Ross Piper, 2007
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The Neural Crest in Development and Evolution
Indeed, we know very little about any aspect of hagfish embryonic development. The major study — based on perhaps the only collection of live hag- fish embryos ever made, in the summer and fall of 1896 in Montery Bay off Pacific Grove, ...
Brian Keith Hall, 1999
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Daily Reading Comprehension: Grade 4
Name: Cause and Effect Fact and Opinion READ THE PASSAGE Notice how the author uses facts and opinions to describe hagfish. Pay attention to the causes and effects of a hagfish's physical traits. I've talked to a lot of fishermen and they ...
Evan-Moor Educational Publishers, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HAGFISH»

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Giant Sea Roaches Invade Panacea at the FSU Marine Lab
The Gulf Specimen Marine Lab hosted the living sea roaches and deep sea hagfish on display on Sunday. The creatures were collected by ... «WTXL ABC 27, Jul 15»
2
Trump Appeal
For that matter, I'd vote for Donald Trump's turd before I would vote for that nasty, vile, corrupt-to-the-core, long-toothed, lardy hagfish otherwise ... «Town Hall, Jul 15»
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Marine Lab puts hagfish, isopods up for display
For the next several days, Gulf Specimen Marine Lab in Panacea will have live sea roaches and deep sea hagfish on display. The creatures ... «Tallahassee.com, Jul 15»
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5 Reasons Humans Need Sharks
By feeding on dead matter that collects on the seafloor, scavengers like deep-sea sharks, hagfish and starfish help to move carbon through the ... «One Green Planet, Jul 15»
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Ancient fish evolved gills to survive acidic oceans
But Rummer and colleagues' study of hagfish challenges the assumption that getting oxygen was the driver for fish developing gills. «ABC Science Online, Jul 15»
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Moveable Feast
After a whale perishes, hagfish, sleeper sharks, and other scavengers rip into its fresh flesh. Then come opportunistic worms, mollusks, and crustaceans to strip ... «OnEarth Magazine, Jul 15»
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3 things to do in RI Wednesday-Saturday
... will share information on "The Most Disgusting Fish in the Sea," the hagfish or "slime eel," Wednesday from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Kettle Pond ... «The Providence Journal, Jun 15»
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Radioactivity Has Built a True Musicians' Studio with Cool Devices
The Drakulas, a new project featuring Zach Blair from Rise Against and Hagfish, also recorded there recently. Both Burke and Ryan are ... «Dallas Observer, Jun 15»
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Secrets of slime
Sea creatures called hagfish squirt out huge amounts of slime, made partly of mucus, to defend against predators. Still, there is much about this ... «Science News for Students, Apr 15»
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Hagfish factory hums with high-tech gear
DEPOE BAY — A dockside building that once launched new boats has been turned into a slime eel factory where thousands of excitable ... «Newport News Times, Mar 15»
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