myxinoid
/ˈmɪksɪnɔɪd/Zoology
noun
An agnathan (jawless) vertebrate of the group consisting of the extant hagfishes; a hagfish.
- The group has been called various names at several different ranks, but may be called Myxinoidea when ranked as a class or order..
adjective
Of, relating to, or characteristic of the hagfishes.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Richard Owen (1804–1892), comparative anatomist and palaeontologist. From myxine + -oid.