ANGUILLA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Anguilla mean? 

• ANGUILLA (noun)
  The noun ANGUILLA has 2 senses:

1. a British colony in the West Indies

2. type genus of the Anguillidae: eels

  Familiarity information: ANGUILLA used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANGUILLA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A British colony in the West Indies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

island (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)

Holonyms ("Anguilla" is a part of...):

the Indies; West Indies (the string of islands between North America and South America; a popular resort area)

Derivation:

Anguillan (of or relating to or characteristic of Anguilla or its people)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Type genus of the Anguillidae: eels

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Anguilla; genus Anguilla

Hypernyms ("Anguilla" is a kind of...):

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Anguilla"):

common eel; freshwater eel (eels that live in fresh water as adults but return to sea to spawn; found in Europe and America; marketed both fresh and smoked)

Holonyms ("Anguilla" is a member of...):

Anguillidae; family Anguillidae (eels that live in fresh water as adults but return to the sea to spawn)

 Context examples 

The European eel (Anguilla Anguilla) is a migratory species that crosses the Atlantic Ocean twice during its lifetime.

(Study uncovers magnetic memory of European glass eels, National Science Foundation)