Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for AN-GUIL'LA
AN-GUIL'LA, n. [L. an eel.]
In zoology, an eel; also the name of a Mediterranean fish used for food, called also Hospetus and Atherina. Qu. Atherina hepsetus, Linn. – Dict. of Nat. Hist.
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