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MYXINE GLUTINOSA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Myxine glutinosa mean?
• MYXINE GLUTINOSA (noun)
The noun MYXINE GLUTINOSA has 1 sense:
1. typical hagfish
Familiarity information: MYXINE GLUTINOSA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Typical hagfish
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("Myxine glutinosa" is a kind of...):
hag; hagfish; slime eels (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)
Holonyms ("Myxine glutinosa" is a member of...):
genus Myxine; Myxine (type genus of the Myxinidae (typical hagfishes))
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