Doncella

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pudding fish \Pud"ding fish\, Pudding wife \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.]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Doncella \Don*cel"la\, 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.
     [1913 Webster]