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Answer for the clue "Eellike cyclostome having a tongue with horny teeth in a round mouth surrounded by eight tentacles ", 7 letters:
hagfish

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The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hag \Hag\ (h[a^]g), n. [OE. hagge, hegge, witch, hag, AS. h[ae]gtesse; akin to OHG. hagazussa, G. hexe, D. heks, Dan. hex, Sw. h["a]xa. The first part of the word is prob. the same as E. haw, hedge, and the orig. meaning was perh., wood woman, wild woman. ...

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Hagfish is the self-titled third studio album by the American rock band Hagfish , released in March 1998 on Honest Don's Records , a subsidiary label of Fat Wreck Chords . The album was reworked following a long delay with the band's previous label, London ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. 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 [syn: hag , slime eels ] [also: hagfishes (pl)]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 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

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Mealy, unpalatable fishes the like of which I have never before heard, with names like monkfish, cusk and hagfish.

Mealy, unpalatable fishes the like of which I have never before heard, with names like monkfish, cusk and hagfish.