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dragonet

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drag·on·et  (drg-nt)
n.
Any of various small, often brightly colored marine fishes of the family Callionymidae, having a slender body and a flattened head.
[Middle English, young dragon, from Old French, diminutive of dragon, dragon; see dragon.]
dragonet [ˈdrægənɪt]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / 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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Noun1.dragonetdragonet - 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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