1. 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, slime eels]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
slime eels
n 1: 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, slime eels]