Burgall | Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

burgall
(Ctenolabrus ceruleus.) A small fish very common in New York; also found on the coast of New England...

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burgall
A fish of the American coasts, from 6 to 12 inches long: it is also called the blue-perch, the chogs...

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