Dracunculus

noun

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Definitions

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

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genus dracunculus

Etymology

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

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