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English → English (gcide) Definition: Platyglossus radiatus Pudding fish \Pud"ding fish\, Pudding wife \Pudding wife\ [Prob. corrupted fr. the Sp. name in Cuba, pudiano verde.] (Zo["o]l.) 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.] Doncella \Don*cel"la\, n. [Sp., lit., a maid. Cf. Damsel.] (Zo["o]l.) 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] Bluefish \Blue"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) 1. A large voracious fish (Pomatomus saitatrix), of the family Carangid[ae], valued as a food fish, and widely distributed on the American coast. On the New Jersey and Rhode Island coast it is called the horse mackerel, in Virginia saltwater tailor, or skipjack. [1913 Webster] 2. A West Indian fish (Platyglossus radiatus), of the family Labrid[ae]. [1913 Webster] Note: The name is applied locally to other species of fishes; as the cunner, sea bass, squeteague, etc. [1913 Webster]