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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) | ||
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 [syn: hagfish, hag, slime eels] | ||
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
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] | ||
3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
Hagfish \Hag"fish`\(-f[i^]sh`),n.(Zo["o]l.) See Hag, 4. [1913 Webster] | ||
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