dragonet

American  

[drag-uh-net, drag-uh-nit] / ˌdræg əˈnɛt, ˈdræg ə nɪt /

noun

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

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dragonet British  

/ 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

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Etymology

Origin of dragonet

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

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Example Sentences

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dragonet

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

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 Grant Allen

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 Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing

Fishes having the ventral fins placed before the pectoral; as the dragonet, weever, cod, haddock, and coal-fish.

From Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History by William MacGillivray

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 Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing

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