Hypertext Webster Gateway: "hagfish"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hag \Hag\, n. [OE. hagge, hegge, with, hag, AS. h[ae]gtesse;
akin to OHG. hagazussa, G. hexe, D. heks, Dan. hex, Sw.
h["a]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. ?.]
1. A witch, sorceress, or enchantress; also, a wizard. [Obs.]
``[Silenus] that old hag.'' --Golding.
2. An ugly old woman.
3. A fury; a she-monster. --Grashaw.
4. (Zo["o]l.) 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 Hyperotpeta. Called
also {hagfish}, {borer}, {slime eel}, {sucker}, and
{sleepmarken}.
5. (Zo["o]l.) The hagdon or shearwater.
6. An appearance of light and fire on a horse's mane or a
man's hair. --Blount.
{Hag moth} (Zo["o]l.), 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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
hagfish
n : 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: {hag},
{slime eels}]
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