eptatretus

Definitions of eptatretus
  1. noun
    a fossil hagfish of the genus Eptatretus
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    type 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
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