dragonet

English

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A dragonet (Synchiropus splendidus)

Etymology

From dragon +‎ -et.

Pronunciation

• enPR: drăg'ən, IPA^(key): /ˈdɹæɡənɛt/

Noun

dragonet (plural dragonets)

1. (fantasy) A small dragon.

   Synonyms: dragonette, dragonlet, dragonling

   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     in his wombe might lurke some hidden nest / Of many Dragonets, his fruitfull seed […]

2. Any of the small perciform marine fish of the families Callionymidae and Draconettidae (slope dragonets) found mainly in the tropical waters of the western Indo-Pacific, the family containing approximately 186 species in 18 genera.

Derived terms

• high-finned dragonet
• mandarin dragonet (Synchiropus splendidus)
• ocellated dragonet (Neosynchiropus ocellatus)
• picturesque dragonet (Synchiropus picturatus)
• scooter dragonet (Neosynchiropus ocellatus)
• slope dragonet (of family Draconettidae)
• spotted dragonet (Callionymus maculatus)

Translations

small dragon

• French: dragonnet (fr) m, dragonnette f

fish of the family Callionymidae

• Bulgarian: морска мишка f (morska miška)
• Finnish: merikokki (Callionymidae); louhikokki (Draconettidae)
• Galician: escorpión (gl) m, esganagatos m
• German: Leierfisch m
• Greek: δράκαινα (el) f (drákaina)
• Irish: iascán nimhe m
• Italian: dragonetto

See also

• Gobiidae

Anagrams

• derogant