hagfish

• Vertébré aquatique sans mâchoires, à corps anguilliforme et muqueux, avec une bouche ronde entourée de tentacules et une langue garnie de dents cornées, qui se nourrit de poissons morts ou piégés en creusant dans leur corps.

An eellike cyclostome with a tongue bearing horny teeth, a round mouth surrounded by eight tentacles, that feeds on dead or trapped fish by boring into their bodies.

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1. Eel-like marine animalC2formalscientific

   An eel-like jawless fish with a tongue bearing horny teeth, a round mouth surrounded by eight tentacles, and the ability to produce large amounts of slime; it feeds on dead or trapped fish by boring into their bodies.

   myxine

   • The hagfish uses its horny teeth to scrape flesh from dead fish.
   • When threatened, a hagfish can release a large amount of slime to deter predators.
   • Marine biologists study hagfish to understand the evolution of vertebrates.