dragonet
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of dragonet
Example Sentences
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The reticulated dragonet fish differs only slightly from other dragnet fish—it has only three spines on its gill cover instead of four, and it has a longer snout.
From Slate ● Dec. 26, 2012
Another dragonet came hastily up to see what was the matter; but prudently made off again, and left the star-fish and his neighbour as they were.
From Brothers of Pity and Other Tales of Beasts and Men by Ewing, Juliana Horatia Gatty
The female, or sordid dragonet, was considered by Linnaeus, and by many subsequent naturalists, as a distinct species; it is of a dingy reddish-brown, with the dorsal fin brown and the other fins white.
From The Descent of Man by Darwin, Charles
As to the dragonet, he stuck out his nose, fixed his eyes, and fell a-thinking.
From Brothers of Pity and Other Tales of Beasts and Men by Ewing, Juliana Horatia Gatty
The gem-like colours of the male dragonet, the butterfly wings of certain gurnards, and the decorated tails of some exotic carps all point in the same direction.
From Charles Darwin by Allen, Grant
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