slime eels

slime eels
noun
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
Hypernyms: ↑jawless vertebrate, ↑jawless fish, ↑agnathan
Member Holonyms: ↑Myxinidae, ↑family Myxinidae

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