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slime eels vs jawless fish

jawless fish vs slime eels

slime eels and jawless fish both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
slime eels Yes No No No
jawless fish Yes No No No
As nouns, jawless fish is a hypernym of slime eels; that is, jawless fish is a word with a broader meaning than slime eels:
  • slime eels: 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
  • jawless fish: eel-shaped vertebrate without jaws or paired appendages including the cyclostomes and some extinct forms
Other hypernyms of slime eels include agnathan, jawless vertebrate.
slime eels (noun) jawless fish (noun)
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 eel-shaped vertebrate without jaws or paired appendages including the cyclostomes and some extinct forms
Difference between slime eels and jawless fish

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