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hagfish 音标拼音: [h'ægfɪʃ] n. 八目鳗类鱼 八目鳗类鱼 hagfish n 1: 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 [ synonym: { hagfish}, { hag}, { slime eels}] Hag \ Hag\ ( h[ a^] g), n. [ OE. hagge, hegge, witch, hag, AS. h[ ae] gtesse; akin to OHG. hagazussa, G. hexe, D. heks, Dan. hex, Sw. h[ aum] xa. The first part of the word is prob. the same as E. haw, hedge, and the orig. meaning was perh., wood woman, wild woman. [ root] 12.] 1. A witch, sorceress, or enchantress; also, a wizard. [ Obs.] "[ Silenus] that old hag." -- Golding. [ 1913 Webster] 2. An ugly old woman. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] 3. A fury; a she- monster. -- Crashaw. [ 1913 Webster] 4. ( Zool.) An eel- like marine marsipobranch ({ Myxine glutinosa}), allied to the lamprey. It has a suctorial mouth, with labial appendages, and a single pair of gill openings. It is the type of the order { Hyperotreta}. Called also { hagfish}, { borer}, { slime eel}, { sucker}, and { sleepmarken}. [ 1913 Webster] 5. ( Zool.) The hagdon or shearwater. [ 1913 Webster] 6. An appearance of light and fire on a horse' s mane or a man' s hair. -- Blount. [ 1913 Webster] { Hag moth} ( Zool.), a moth ({ Phobetron pithecium}), the larva of which has curious side appendages, and feeds on fruit trees. { Hag' s tooth} ( Naut.), an ugly irregularity in the pattern of matting or pointing. [ 1913 Webster]
Hagfish \ Hag" fish`\(- f[ i^] sh`), n.( Zo[" o] l.) See { Hag}, 4. [ 1913 Webster]
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