Meaning

2 senses

  1. A small dragon.

  2. Any of the small perciform marine fish of the families Callionymidae and Draconettidae (slope dragonets) found mainly in the tropical waters of the western Indo-Pacific, the family containing approximately 186 species in 18 genera.

    Leierfisch

    small often brightly colored scaleless marine bottom-dwellers; found in tropical and warm temperate waters of Europe and America

Translations

4 languages
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By meaning 1
fish of the family Callionymidae:

Origin

From Middle English dragonet, from Middle French dragonet. By surface analysis, dragon + -

From Middle English dragonet, from Middle French dragonet. By surface analysis, dragon + -et.

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Forms

plural: dragonets
Singulardragonet
Pluraldragonets

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
draglingdragonettedragonletdragonlingdrakelet

Word family

4 related words
Derivedhigh-finned dragonetrough-headed dragonetslope dragonetspotted dragonet

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
dragB1dragondragonflydragoondrainB2

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