Emily Dickinson Lexicon

AN'GEL, n.²

A fish found on the coast of Carolina, of the Thoracic order and genus Chaetodon. It has a small projecting mouth; the lamins above the gills are armed with cerulean spines; the body, a foot in length, appears as if cut off; and waved, and covered with large green scales. – Pennant from Catesby.