Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An herbaceous genus of the natural order Araceæ, including two species of southern Europe and the Canary islands.
  • noun [lowercase] A dragonet, or goby, of the genus Callionymus.
  • noun A genus of worms

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A fish; the dragonet.
  • noun The Guinea worm (Filaria medinensis).

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  • noun A fish, the dragonet.
  • noun The Guinea worm (Filaria medinensis).

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun tuberous herbaceous perennials: dragon arum
  • noun type genus of the family Dracunculidae

Etymologies

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Latin, diminutive of draco ("dragon").

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