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From eel + skin (hagfish are very eel-like, and are sometimes called slime eels).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: the skin of a hagfish Full definition →
From eel + skin (hagfish are very eel-like, and are sometimes called slime eels).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.