English Explanatory Dictionary

dracunculus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A dragonet, a fish of families Callionymidae or Draconettidae.
  2. A Guinea worm (Filaria medinensis, now Dracunculus medinensis).

Word forms

dracunculus dracunculi

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dracunculus, diminutive of draco (“dragon”).

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