Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Doncella"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pudding fish \Pud"ding fish\, Pudding wife \Pudding wife\ [Prob.
corrupted fr. the Sp. name in Cuba, pudiano verde.]
(Zo["o]l.)
A large, handsomely colored, blue and bronze, labroid fish
({Iridio, syn. Platyglossus, radiatus}) of Florida, Bermuda,
and the West Indies. Called also {pudiano}, {doncella}, and,
at Bermuda, {bluefish}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Doncella \Don*cel"la\, n. [Sp., lit., a maid. Cf. {Damsel}.]
(Zo["o]l.)
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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