eptatretus

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

eptatretus - a fossil hagfish of the genus Eptatretushagfish, slime eels, hag - 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 bodiesgenus Eptatretus - a genus of fossil fish of the family Myxinidae