drag·on·et

(drăg′ə-nĭt)

Any of various small, often brightly colored marine fishes of the family Callionymidae, having a slender body and a flattened head with large eyes.

[Middle English, young dragon, from Old French, diminutive of dragon, dragon; see dragon.]

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dragonet

(ˈdræɡənɪt)

(Animals) 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

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

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drag•on•et

(ˌdræg əˈnɛt, ˈdræg ə nɪt)

n.

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

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

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dragonet - small often brightly colored scaleless marine bottom-dwellers; found in tropical and warm temperate waters of Europe and America

acanthopterygian, spiny-finned fish - a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays

Callionymidae, family Callionymidae - dragonets

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He has come up short in a couple of Derby trials at Epsom and Chester this spring - most recently finishing sixth in the Chester Vase behind Sir Dragonet - but this mile and a half contest represents a significant drop in class.

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The favourite for example, Sir Dragonet, wasn't even thought off as a top prospect by the Aidan O'Brien yard - apparently he shows very little at home - until he won both his starts to date in the style of a good'un, his eight-length victory in the Chester Vase looking visually stunning.But it's hard to have confidence about a twice-raced horse at just 5/2, whose latest victory was on very testing ground in a small-field race at Chester.

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Broome (fourth), Sir Dragonet (fifth) and Circus Maximus (sixth) added to the O'Brien domination from his seven runners.

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Eighteen years on from his first triumph with Galileo, O'Brien saddled seven of the 13 runners, with the previously unbeaten Sir Dragonet heading the market at 11-4 after being supplemented earlier in the week.

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Entering the final furlong of a sun-baked Epsom, 11-4 favourite Sir Dragonet and 2,000 Guineas fourth - saddled by 86-year-old Kevin Prendergast - looked destined to fight out the finish.

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The trailblazing Sovereign quickly faded turning for home but the race really began in earnest when Madhmoon (10/1) and 11/4 jolly Sir Dragonet stormed to the front two out.

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