dragonet en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- drăg'ən
- /ˈdɹæɡənɛt/
Etymology
From Middle English dragonet, from Middle French dragonet. By surface analysis, dragon + -et.
Meanings
-
A small dragon.
in his wombe might lurke some hidden nest / Of many Dragonets, his fruitfull seed […]
1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
- 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.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| dragonets | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
rough-headed dragonet · ocellated dragonet · picturesque dragonet · slope dragonet · scooter dragonet · mandarin dragonet · spotted dragonet · high-finned dragonet
Relateds
Synonyms
dragonling · dragonette · drakelet · dragonlet · dragling
Translations (15)
it dragonetto (fish of the family Callionymidae) · fr dragonnette (small dragon) · gl escorpión (fish of the family Callionymidae) · cs dráček (small dragon) · el δράκαινα (fish of the family Callionymidae) · fi merikokki (fish of the family Callionymidae) · de Leierfisch (fish of the family Callionymidae) · fi louhikokki (fish of the family Callionymidae) · gl esganagatos (fish of the family Callionymidae) · ja 鼠坊 (fish of the family Callionymidae) · fr dragonnet (small dragon) · pl mandaryn (fish of the family Callionymidae) · ga iascán nimhe (fish of the family Callionymidae) · bg морска мишка (fish of the family Callionymidae) · pl smoczek (small dragon)