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Hogfish vs Hagfish - What's the difference?

hogfish | hagfish |

As nouns the difference between hogfish and hagfish

is that hogfish is species: Lachnolaimus maximus, an edible species of wrasse, found in the Caribbean while hagfish is any of several primitive eellike creatures, of the family Myxinidae, having a sucking mouth with rasping teeth; considered edible in Japan, their skin is used to make eelskin leather.

hogfish

English

(wikipedia hogfish)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • , an edible species of wrasse, found in the Caribbean.
  • Several of the species of .
  • The pigfish or .
  • , rockfish, a kind of darter.
  • A large, red, spiny-headed, European marine fish ().
  • A pinfish, , ranging from Massachusetts to Texas.
  • A grunt, .

    • hagfish

    English

    (wikipedia hagfish)

    Noun

  • any of several primitive eellike creatures, of the family Myxinidae, having a sucking mouth with rasping teeth; considered edible in Japan, their skin is used to make eelskin leather

    • Synonyms

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