mixina

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

mixina f (plural mixines)

1. hagfish

Further reading

• “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

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /miˈʃĩ.nɐ/, /mikˈsĩ.nɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /miˈʃĩ.nɐ/, /mikˈsĩ.nɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /miˈʃi.na/, /mikˈsi.na/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /miˈʃi.nɐ/, /miˈksi.nɐ/

Noun

mixina f (plural mixinas)

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

   Synonyms: peixe-bruxa, feiticeira