|  Anguilla 
  
 
 1. a British colony in the West Indies
 • Derivationally related forms:
 Anguillan
 • Instance Hypernyms:
 island
 • Part Holonyms:
 West Indies, the Indies
 2. type genus of the Anguillidae: eels
 • Syn:
 genus Anguilla
 • Hypernyms:
 fish genus
 • Member Holonyms:
 Anguillidae, family Anguillidae
 • Member Meronyms:
 common eel, freshwater eel
 
 
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