angsana, angsava

[Name given in some Indian languages.] A red gum resembling that called dragon's blood. It is brought from the East Indies.] guille ; Sp. anguila ; Ital. anguilla .] A genus of fishes of the order Apodal Malacopterygii, and the family Murænidæ (Eels). At least three species occur in the British fauna A. acutirostris (Yarrell), the Sharp-nosed Eel; latirostris (Yarrell), the Broad-nosed Eel; and A. mediorostris (Yarrell), the Snig. [EEL.]