HyperDic: hag

English > 2 senses of the word hag:
NOUNperson hag, beldam, beldame, witch, cronean ugly evil-looking old woman
animalhag, hagfish, slime eelseellike cyclostome having a tongue with horny teeth in a round mouth surrounded by eight tentacles
hag > pronunciation
Soundshhae'g
RhymesAg ... zigzag: 32 rhymes with aeg...
English > hag: 2 senses > noun 1, person
MeaningAn ugly evil-looking old woman.
Synonymsbeldam, beldame, witch, crone
Broaderold womanA woman who is old
Spanisharpía, bruja, harpía, vieja bruja, vieja fea, vieja, viejuja
Catalanbruixa, harpia
English > hag: 2 senses > noun 2, animal
Meaningeellike 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.
Synonymshagfish, slime eels
Member ofMyxinidae, family Myxinidaeslime-producing marine animals
NarrowerMyxine glutinosatypical hagfish
Myxinikela sirokafossil hagfish of the Pennsylvanian period (c. 300 million years ago) that resembled modern hagfishes
eptatretusA fossil hagfish of the genus Eptatretus
Broaderjawless vertebrate, jawless fish, agnathaneel-shaped vertebrate without jaws / jaws or paired appendages including the cyclostomes and some extinct forms
Spanishmixino, myxini
Catalanmixinoïdeu

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