GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

Found 2 definitions

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   ‖Doncella (?), n. [Sp., lit., a maid.  Cf. Damsel.] (Zool.) A handsome fish of Florida and the West Indies (Platyglossus radiatus). The name is applied also to the ladyfish (Harpe rufa) of the same region.
   
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    Pudding fish, Pudding wife . [Prob. corrupted fr. the Sp. name in Cuba, pudiano verde.] (Zool.) A large, handsomely colored, blue and bronze, labroid fish (Iridio radiatus, syn. Platyglossus radiatus) of Florida, Bermuda, and the West Indies. Called also pudiano, doncella, and, at Bermuda, bluefish.
   
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.]