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[めくら()·うなぎ()]
mekuraunagi
noun

Alternate Written Forms:

mekuraunagi
mekuraunagi

Root Words:

[めくら() + うなぎ()]
mekura + unagi

English Meaning(s) for 盲鰻

noun
  1. hagfish (esp. the species Myxine garmani from Japan)

Definition and Synonyms for 盲鰻

Hagfish eellike cyclostome having a tongue with horny teeth in a round mouth surrounded by eight tentacles
Synonyms: めくらうなぎ
Hagfish feeds on dead or trapped fishes by boring into their bodies
Synonyms: めくらうなぎ

Meanings for each kanji in 盲鰻

» blind; blind man; ignoramus
» eel

Categories 盲鰻 is a member of

Jawless Vertebrate eel-shaped vertebrate without jaws or paired appendages including the cyclostomes and some extinct forms
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