hagfishn.

Brit.

/ˈhaɡfɪʃ/, U.S.

/ˈhæɡˌfɪʃ/

Inflections: Plural hagfish, hagfishes.

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: hag n.¹, fish n.¹

Etymology: Apparently < hag n.¹ + fish n.¹With sense 2 compare earlier hag n.¹ 8, and see discussion of the likely semantic motivation at that entry. It is unclear whether sense 1 shows a similar motivation, or indeed whether it has any historical connection with sense 2 (or with hag n.¹ 8); it could perhaps instead be < hag v.¹, being taken to resemble a cutting implement (compare razor shell n., although in that instance the name arises primarily from resemblance in appearance).

†1. A razor shell. Obsolete. rare.

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1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Pirot, the Pirot, or Hag-fish; a kind of long shell-fish.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. xiv. 339/2 A Pirot, or Pitot (in some places called a Hag-fish) shell: it is a round shell like a finger, which in Latine is termed Vnguis Marinus; the Sea Finger shell.

2. An agnathan (jawless) fish, Myxine glutinosa (family Myxinidae), which lives as a scavenger and occasional predator near the sea floor in the eastern Atlantic and adjoining waters, having a long eel-like body which it can loop into a simple knot, barbels and toothed plates on either side of the mouth, and the ability to secrete large quantities of thick mucus from glands along its sides in order to ward off predators and competitors for food; (also) any of numerous similar fishes found worldwide, constituting the family Myxinidae and order Myxiniformes, including those of the large genus Eptatretus; = hag n.¹ 8.Hagfishes form one of the two groups of primitive vertebrates sometimes called cyclostomes, the other being the lampreys, though it is not entirely clear how the two groups are related to each other or to fossil agnathan groups.

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the world > animals > fish > superclass Agnatha > [noun] > suborder Myxinoidei or genus Myxine > member of (hagfish)

hag1777

hagfish1799

myxinoid1846

slime-eel1860

sea-hag1881

borer1884

1799 G. Shaw Vivarium Naturæ, or Naturalist’s Misc. X. Pl. 362 The Glutinous Gastrobranchus... Eel-shaped Gastrobranchus without eyes. The Glutinous Hag... The Hag-Fish, or Slime-Worm.

1884 Longman's Mag. Mar. 525 The majority of the fish caught are totally destroyed by hag-fish.

1931 J. R. Norman Hist. Fishes iii. 41 The related Hagfish (Myxine) possesses still more singular habits, and bores right into the fishes it attacks.

1956 D. H. Graham Treasury N.Z. Fishes (ed. 2) 51 The Hagfish, or Blind-eel as the fishermen call it, is one of the most unpleasant-looking creatures of the sea.

2011 R. Fortey Survivors vii. 202 Some would say that lampreys, along with their even more primitive, slimy parasite relatives—the hagfishes (Myxine) that even lack vertebrae—are degenerate survivors from ancient times.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	hagfish
释义	hagfishn. Brit. /ˈhaɡfɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈhæɡˌfɪʃ/ Inflections: Plural hagfish, hagfishes. Origin: Apparently formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: hag n.¹, fish n.¹ Etymology: Apparently < hag n.¹ + fish n.¹With sense 2 compare earlier hag n.¹ 8, and see discussion of the likely semantic motivation at that entry. It is unclear whether sense 1 shows a similar motivation, or indeed whether it has any historical connection with sense 2 (or with hag n.¹ 8); it could perhaps instead be < hag v.¹, being taken to resemble a cutting implement (compare razor shell n., although in that instance the name arises primarily from resemblance in appearance). †1. A razor shell. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Pirot, the Pirot, or Hag-fish; a kind of long shell-fish. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. xiv. 339/2 A Pirot, or Pitot (in some places called a Hag-fish) shell: it is a round shell like a finger, which in Latine is termed Vnguis Marinus; the Sea Finger shell. 2. An agnathan (jawless) fish, Myxine glutinosa (family Myxinidae), which lives as a scavenger and occasional predator near the sea floor in the eastern Atlantic and adjoining waters, having a long eel-like body which it can loop into a simple knot, barbels and toothed plates on either side of the mouth, and the ability to secrete large quantities of thick mucus from glands along its sides in order to ward off predators and competitors for food; (also) any of numerous similar fishes found worldwide, constituting the family Myxinidae and order Myxiniformes, including those of the large genus Eptatretus; = hag n.¹ 8.Hagfishes form one of the two groups of primitive vertebrates sometimes called cyclostomes, the other being the lampreys, though it is not entirely clear how the two groups are related to each other or to fossil agnathan groups. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superclass Agnatha > [noun] > suborder Myxinoidei or genus Myxine > member of (hagfish) hag1777 hagfish1799 myxinoid1846 slime-eel1860 sea-hag1881 borer1884 1799 G. Shaw Vivarium Naturæ, or Naturalist’s Misc. X. Pl. 362 The Glutinous Gastrobranchus... Eel-shaped Gastrobranchus without eyes. The Glutinous Hag... The Hag-Fish, or Slime-Worm. 1884 Longman's Mag. Mar. 525 The majority of the fish caught are totally destroyed by hag-fish. 1931 J. R. Norman Hist. Fishes iii. 41 The related Hagfish (Myxine) possesses still more singular habits, and bores right into the fishes it attacks. 1956 D. H. Graham Treasury N.Z. Fishes (ed. 2) 51 The Hagfish, or Blind-eel as the fishermen call it, is one of the most unpleasant-looking creatures of the sea. 2011 R. Fortey Survivors vii. 202 Some would say that lampreys, along with their even more primitive, slimy parasite relatives—the hagfishes (Myxine) that even lack vertebrae—are degenerate survivors from ancient times. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1611
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