Sleepmarken
Full definition of sleepmarken
Noun
sleepmarken
- (uncommon) A hagfish, an eel-like marine fish, Myxine glutinosa.
- 9 October, 1762, Johan Ernst Gunnerus, Letter addressed to Carl Linnaeus, 3. Myxine glutinosa or "pirål" in Norwegian, which Gunnerus has dissected himself, and where he had clearly observed the difference between the sexes. article published by Gunnerus was, "Om sleep-marken".
- December 19, 2011, Jancuk Jaran, Hagfish, Linné discussed the strange “lamprey†with Norwegian Bishop and naturalist Johan Ernst Gunnerus and they both classified it as a worm. In 1763, Gunnerus wrote about the creature and he then referred to it as a Sleep-Marken.