hagfish

• Peixe agnato marinho de corpo alongado e cilíndrico, semelhante a uma enguia, com boca circular rodeada de tentáculos e língua provida de dentes córneos; alimenta-se de peixes mortos ou presos, penetrando em seus corpos. Também produz grande quantidade de muco como defesa.

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.

   Animal marinho semelhante a enguia

   • 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.