hagfishes
- plural of hagfish.
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Two other clades gave rise to modern lampreys and hagfishes.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2018
In the past, the hagfishes and lampreys were classified together as agnathans.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
Although they are craniates, hagfishes are not vertebrates, since they do not replace the notochord with a vertebral column during development, as do the vertebrates.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 25, 2013
Lampreys are similar to hagfishes in size and shape; however, lampreys have a brain case and incomplete vertebrae.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 25, 2013
It seems probable that during the breeding period the hagfishes retire into some particularly inaccessible habitat.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various
