Hagfish
[hag-fish] /ˈhægˌfɪʃ/
noun, plural (especially collectively) hagfish (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) hagfishes.
1.
any eellike, marine cyclostome of the order Myxiniformes, having undeveloped eyes, a barbel-rimmed, circular mouth, and horny teeth for boring into the flesh of to feed on their interior parts.
/ˈhæɡˌfɪʃ/
noun (pl) -fish, -fishes
1.
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
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[huh-gah-duh; Sephardic Hebrew hah-gah-dah; Ashkenazic Hebrew hah-gaw-duh] /həˈgɑ də; Sephardic Hebrew hɑ gɑˈdɑ; Ashkenazic Hebrew hɑˈgɔ də/ noun, plural Sephardic Hebrew, Haggadoth, Haggadot [hah-gah-dawt] /hɑ gɑˈdɔt/ (Show IPA). Ashkenazic Hebrew, Haggados [hah-gaw-dohs] /hɑˈgɔ doʊs/ (Show IPA). English, Haggadas. 1. a book containing the liturgy for the Seder service on the Jewish festival of Passover. 2. […]
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