mixina

From the genus name, from Ancient Greek μυξῖνος (muxînos, “slime-fish, a kind of mullet”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [mikˈsi.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [mikˈsi.na]

mixina f (plural mixines)

1. hagfish

• “mixina”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

From the genus name, from Ancient Greek μυξῖνος (muxînos, “slime-fish, a kind of mullet”).

mixina f (plural mixinas)

1. hagfish (jawless eel-like fish of the class Myxini)

   Synonyms: peixe-bruxa, feiticeira