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• A peculiar fish of W. Africa and the Amazon.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

• An eel-shaped animal covered with rounded scales, inhabiting lakes in Africa which are liable to be dried up during the dry season.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.