The difference between Hagfish and Myxinoid

When used as nouns, hagfish means any of several primitive eellike fish, of the family myxinidae, having a sucking mouth with rasping teeth, and sometimes used as food or for eelskin leather, whereas myxinoid means a hagfish.


Myxinoid is also adjective with the meaning: like, or pertaining to, the hagfish genus myxine.

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  1. Hagfish as a noun:

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

  1. Myxinoid as an adjective (zoology):

    Like, or pertaining to, the hagfish genus Myxine.

  1. Myxinoid as a noun:

    A hagfish.

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