anguilla

Noun
  1. A British colony in the West Indies (synset 108726575)
    instance hypernym: island - a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water
    part meronym: the indies, west indies - the string of islands between North America and South America; a popular resort area
  2. Type genus of the Anguillidae: eels (synset 102529304)
    hypernym: fish genus - any of various genus of fish
    member holonym: 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
    member meronym: anguillidae, family anguillidae - eels that live in fresh water as adults but return to the sea to spawn
    synonym: genus anguilla

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