ANGUILLA

(Lat.),n.£, A?n*(a?n?-gwi?/la?, Dim. of anguis, a snake. Fr., anguille. Ger., Aal. It., anguilla. Sp., anguila. The eel. {L.] See A. flu via til is—Adeps anguiile. Eel’s fat; formerly official and used especially in diseases of the ear. [B, 180; L.J—A. flu via til is [Oken.]. Syn.: Muræna a. [Linnæus]. ‘The common fresh-water eel, which furnishes adeps anguillæ. [B, 180.] —A, pekensis. A species found in China, the swimming bladder of which is one of the sources of Chinese isingla . [A, 885; L, 77.J—Axungia anguillæ. See Adeps anguilla.