'Doncella' definitions:
Definition of 'Doncella'
From: 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]
Definition of 'doncella'
From: 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.]