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hag-fish

hag-fish is the alternative form of hagfish.

Meaning of hagfish

Noun

hagfish (countable and uncountable, plural hagfish or hagfishes)

  1. Any of the primitive eellike fish, of the family Myxinidae, having a sucking mouth with rasping teeth, and sometimes used as food or for eelskin leather.

Forms of hag-fish

pluralhag-fish
pluralhag-fishes

Questions about hag-fish

What is hag-fish the alternative form of?
Hag-fish is the alternative form of hagfish.

Words near hag-fish in the dictionary

  1. hag moth
  2. hag moths
  3. hag track
  4. hag tracks
  5. hag's tooth
  6. hag-fish
  7. hag-fishes
  8. hag-ridden
  9. hag-taper
  10. hag-tapers
  11. Hag.

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