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hag

/hæɡ/

noun

Meaning

  • A witch, sorceress, or enchantress; a wizard.

  • An ugly old woman.

  • A fury; a she-monster.

  • A hagfish; one of various eel-like fish of the family Myxinidae, allied to the lamprey, with a suctorial mouth, labial appendages, and a single pair of gill openings.

  • A hagdon or shearwater; one of various sea birds of the genus Puffinus.

  • An appearance of light and fire on a horse's mane or a man's hair.

  • The fruit of the hagberry, Prunus padus.

  • Sleep paralysis

Synonyms

borer,
hagfish,
myxinid,
sleepmarken,
slime eel,
sucker,
bird cherry,
hackberry,
hagdon,
haglet,
shearwater