We found 2 definitions of myxinidae from 2 different sources.
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myxinidae - slime-producing marine animals: hagfishes | ||
family Myxinidae | ||
fish family any of various families of fish | ||
cyclostomata, order cyclostomata primitive jawless aquatic vertebrate: lampreys; hagfishes | ||
hagfish, 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 bodies | ||
genus myxine, myxine type genus of the Myxinidae (typical hagfishes) | ||
genus eptatretus a genus of fossil fish of the family Myxinidae |