Synonyms for "hagfish" (11 found)

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Closest matches (3)

Noun(2 words)

hagborer

borer

Strong matches (3)

hagmyxinid

Noun(1 words)

myxinid

Related words (5)

myxinoidslime eel

Noun(3 words)

myxinoidslime eelslime eels

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

4 entries

agnathancyclostomejawless fishjawless vertebrate

Synonyms

5 entries

borerhagmyxinidmyxinoidslime eel

derived

8 entries

New Zealand hagfishPacific hagfishblack hagfishgulf hagfishhagfisheryhagfishinginshore hagfishsouthern hagfish

derived from

2 entries

fishhag

is a

3 entries

animalcyclostomejawless vertebrate

related to

12 entries

eeleelskinfamilyfishfoodleathermouthmyxinidaeprimitiveraspingsuckingteeth

Translations

38 translations across 26 languages.

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Arabic

1 entries

• جُرَيْث noun (eellike fish of the family Myxinidae)

Bulgarian

1 entries

• прилепало noun (eellike fish of the family Myxinidae)

Catalan

1 entries

• mixina noun (eellike fish of the family Myxinidae)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

• 盲鰻 /盲鳗 noun (eellike fish of the family Myxinidae)

Danish

1 entries

• slimål noun (eellike fish of the family Myxinidae)

Dutch

1 entries

• slijmprik noun (eellike fish of the family Myxinidae)

Esperanto

1 entries

• mukofiŝo noun (eellike fish of the family Myxinidae)

Finnish

3 entries

• limaaja noun (eellike fish of the family Myxinidae)
• limaajakala noun (eellike fish of the family Myxinidae)
• limanahkiainen noun (eellike fish of the family Myxinidae)

French

1 entries

• myxine noun (eellike fish of the family Myxinidae)

German

2 entries

• Inger noun (eellike fish of the family Myxinidae)
• Schleimaal noun (eellike fish of the family Myxinidae)

Irish

1 entries

• cailleach noun (eellike fish of the family Myxinidae)

Italian

1 entries

• missina noun (eellike fish of the family Myxinidae)

Japanese

1 entries

• ヌタウナギ noun (eellike fish of the family Myxinidae)

Korean

3 entries

• 곰장어 noun (eellike fish of the family Myxinidae)
• 꼼장어 noun (eellike fish of the family Myxinidae)
• 먹장어 noun (eellike fish of the family Myxinidae)

Manx

1 entries

• caillagh varrey noun (eellike fish of the family Myxinidae)

Māori

4 entries

• napia noun (eellike fish of the family Myxinidae)
• pia noun (eellike fish of the family Myxinidae)
• tuare noun (eellike fish of the family Myxinidae)
• tuere noun (eellike fish of the family Myxinidae)

Navajo

1 entries

• łóóʼ bíígháántsiighąąʼ ádaadinígíí noun (eellike fish of the family Myxinidae)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

• slimål noun (eellike fish of the family Myxinidae)

Polish

1 entries

• śluzica noun (eellike fish of the family Myxinidae)

Portuguese

3 entries

• feiticeira noun (eellike fish of the family Myxinidae)
• mixina noun (eellike fish of the family Myxinidae)
• peixe-bruxa noun (eellike fish of the family Myxinidae)

Russian

1 entries

• микси́на noun (eellike fish of the family Myxinidae)

Serbo-Croatian

1 entries

• слепуља noun (eellike fish of the family Myxinidae)

Spanish

2 entries

• mixino noun (eellike fish of the family Myxinidae)
• pez-bruja noun (eellike fish of the family Myxinidae)

Swedish

1 entries

• pirål noun (eellike fish of the family Myxinidae)

Welsh

2 entries

• ellyll môr noun (eellike fish of the family Myxinidae)
• safngrwn noun (eellike fish of the family Myxinidae)

West-Frisian

1 entries

• slymnjoggeneach noun (eellike fish of the family Myxinidae)

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Hagfish can produce amazing amounts of mucus.

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