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
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
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 male Callionymus lyra has been called the gemmeous dragonet "from its brilliant gem-like colours."
From The Descent of Man by Darwin, Charles
The female, or sordid dragonet, was considered by Linnæus 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 and Selection in Relation to Sex Volume II (1st Edition) by Darwin, Charles
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