MYXINE, the hag; a genus of insects belonging to the order of vermes intestini. It hath a slender body, carinated beneath; mouth at the extremity, ciliated; the two jaws pinnated; an adipose or rayless fin round the tail and under the belly. The only remarkable species is the glutinosa, about eight inches long. It inhabits the ocean; enters the mouths of fish when on the hooks of lines that remain a tide under water, and totally devours the whole, except skin and bones. The Scarborough fishermen often take it in the robbed fish, on drawing up their lines. Linnaeus attributes to it the property of turning water into glue.