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 A N G A N O (3 [5 ) an appellation given by zcologifts, a rod, to which Sre fitted a line, hook, end bait.— ANGUILLIFORM, not only to the different fpecies of eels, but to other For the federal methods of angling for LiLnon, trout, carp, tench, pearch, flounder, 6r. See Salmon- animals refembling them in (hape. ANGUINA, in botany, a. fynonime of the trichofanFISHING, 7V«2</-FlSHING, <&C. ANGLO-CALVINISTS, a name given by fome wri- thes. See Trichosanthes. ters to the members of the church of England, as a- ANGUINEAL, denotes fomething belonging to, or regreeing with the other Calvinifts in moil points, ex- fembling a fnake, anguis. ANGUINUM ovum, among ancient naturalifts, a fabucept church-government. kind of egg, faid to be produced by the faliva of ANGLO-SAXON, an apellation given to the language lous a duller of ferpents, and pofiefled of certain magical fpoken by the Englifn Saxons, in contradilHndtion virtues. from tlie true Saxon, as well as from the modern ANGUIS, or Snake, in zoology, a genus belonging to Englifh. Order of amphibia ferpentes. The characters of ANGOL, a city of Chili in S. America, fituated in the rhe anguis are thefe: They are fquameus or Ically in 78° W. long, and 38° S. lat. belly and under the tail. There are 16 fpecies of ANGOLA, a large maritime country on the foath-weft the fide of0 Africa, lying between io° and 15® E. long, the anguis; viz. 1. The quadrupes : The body of this fpecies is cylindrical, with 14 or 15 longitudinal and 5 and r6° S. lat. The Portuguefe have feveral colonies and confider- affi-coloured ftreaks ; the teeth are extremely ImaJl; it able fettlements on this coaft, which does not hinder has no ears ; the feet are at a great diftance from each the other nations of Europe from driving a traffic in other, very Ihort, wirh five toes and final! nails j bivt the toes are fo minute that they can hardly be numbered: Haves with the natives, who are all negroes. It is a native of Java. 3. The bipes, is amative of ANGOLA-yefi/. See Molucca. ANQON, in the ancient military art/ a kind of javelin the Indies; it has 100 feuta on the belly, and 60 on ufed by the French. They darted it at a confiderable the tail; the feuta are fuccedanea for feet, ranged on diftance. The iron head of this weapon refembled a both fides; it has two Ihort refer, with two toes, near flower-de-luce. It is the opinion of feme writers, that the anus. In every fcale cf the bipes there is a brown the arms of France are not flowers-de-luce, but the i- point. 2. The mekagris, is likewife a native of the ron point of the angon, or javelin of the anc ent French. Indies, and has 165 feuta on the belly, and 32 on-the ANGONAiUS, in anatomy, a name fometimes given to tail : It has fmall teeth, but no ears. This fperies has a the mufcle called anconeus. See page 197. great refemblance to the former. See Plate XXII. fig. r. ANGGil, among ancient phyficians, a concentration of а. The colubrina, is an inhabitant of Egypt, has 180 the natural heat, the confequence of which is a pain feuta on the belly, and 18 on the tail; it is beautifully of the head, palpitation, and fadnefs. variegated with pale and yeilowiffi colours. 5. The ANGGULESME,. a city^of France, fituated about 640 jaculus, a native of Egypt, has 1S6 feuta on the belly, miles fouth-eafl of Rochelle, in 10' E. Jong, and 45 and 23 on the tail; the feales on the belly are broad. 40' N. lat. It is the capital of Angoumois. See the б. The maculata, a native of America, has 200 feuta next article. on the belly, and 12 on the tail; it is yellow, and inANGOUMOIS, a province of France, bounded by terfperfed with affi-coloured lines on the back: The Poiiftou on the north, by Limofin on the eall, byPe- head is final! in proportion to the body. See Plate rigord on the fouth, and by Santoin on the weft. XXII. fig. 2. 7. The reticulata, a native of AmeANGOURA, formerly Ancyra, a large populous city of rica, has 177 feuta on the belly, and 37 on the tail; Natolia, in Afiatic Turkey, fituated on th% river Me- *iie colour of the fcaks is browniih, with a white 0 lus; E. long. 33°. N. lat. 41 5'. margin. 8. The ceraftes, with 200 feuta on the ANGRA, .the principA town of the ifland of Tercera, belly, and 15 on the tail, is a native of Egypt. 9. The one of the Azores. See Azores. kimbricalis, a native of America, has 230 feuta on ANGROGNA, a town of Piedmont, fituated about fe- the belty, and 7 on the tail; its colour is a yellowifii ven miles weft of pignerol; E. long.. 7°. N. 1st. white, io. The ventralis, a native of CarcrlLna, has r27 feuta on the belly, and 222 on the tail. 11. The 44° 4S' or Enguien, a fmall town of the Ne- platura; ANGUIAN, the head is oblong aad without teeth; the therlands, between BrdTels and Mons. body about a foot and a half long, black above and ANGUILLA, in zoology, a fynonime of the nereis a- white isbelow; the tail is about one ninth, of the length cuftris, an infeift belonging'to the order of vermes niolthe animal, much compreffed or flatted, and varielufca. See Nereis, it is alfo the trivial name of a of gated with black and white; the feales are roundiffi,. fpecies of murtena or eel. Sec Muraina. not imbricated# but they cannot be numbered. Anguilla, in geography, one of the Caribbee iflands, fmall, r2. The laticauda, of Surinam, has 200 feuta fubjecl to G. Britain, and fituated in W. long. 63°. on the belly, and 30a native on the tail; rhe tail is comprefand N. lat. 180 I5 fed, acute, pale, with brownifh belts. 13. The feyANGUILLARA, a town in the territory of Padua, be- tale, a native of the Indies, with240 feuta on the longing to the ftate- of Venice. belly, and 13 on the tail. The head is final! and 0Anguillara, is alfo a town of St Peter’s patrimony,, val, and the eyes are little; the-body is cylindrical, about 18 miles from Rome, about a foot, and a half leng, covered with oval obtule.