What does "hagfish" mean?

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.

What is a synonym for "hagfish"?

Common synonyms include: hag, borer, borer, hag, myxinid, myxinid.

Hagfish

//ˈhæɡˌfɪʃ// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

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. countable, uncountable
2
eellike cyclostome having a tongue with horny teeth in a round mouth surrounded by eight tentacles; feeds on dead or trapped fishes by boring into their bodies wordnet