dragonet

[ drag-uh-net, drag-uh-nit ]

noun
  1. any fish of the genus Callionymus, the species of which are small and usually brightly colored.

Origin of dragonet

1
1300–50; Middle English <Middle French; see dragon, -et

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dragonet

/ (ˈdræɡənɪt) /


noun
  1. any small spiny-finned fish of the family Callionymidae, having a flat head and a slender tapering brightly coloured body and living at the bottom of shallow seas

Origin of dragonet

1
C14 (meaning: small dragon): from French; applied to fish C18

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