dragonet

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dragonet

  • /ˈdɹæɡənɛt/

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From Middle English dragonet, from Middle French dragonet. By surface analysis, dragon + -et.

noun dragonets

  1. A small dragon. in his wombe might lurke some hidden nest / Of many Dragonets, his fruitfull seed […]

    Similar: dragling, dragonette, dragonlet, dragonling, drakelet

  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.

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noun small dragon

Françaisdragonnet, dragonnette

noun fish of the family Callionymidae

日本語鼠坊 nezubo
DeutschLeierfisch
Italianodragonetto
Ελληνικάδράκαινα drákaina

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"dragonet." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/dragonet. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{dragonet_2026,
  title = {dragonet},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dragonet},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}