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Definition of Dragonet

1. Noun. Small often brightly colored scaleless marine bottom-dwellers; found in tropical and warm temperate waters of Europe and America.

Definition of Dragonet

1. n. A little dragon.

Definition of Dragonet

1. Noun. A small dragon. ¹

2. Noun. Any of the small perciform marine fish of the family ''Callionymidae''. Found mainly in the tropical waters of the western Indo-Pacific, the family contains approximately 186 species in 18 genera. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dragonet

1. a marine fish [n -S]

Medical Definition of Dragonet

1. 1. A little dragon. 2. A small British marine fish (Callionymuslyra); called also yellow sculpin, fox, and gowdie. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Dragonet

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Life-histories of the British Marine Food-fishes by William Carmichael M'Intosh, Arthur Thomas Masterman (1897)
"The dragonet Family. Callionymidae. THE dragonet OR ... The male dragonet differs from the female, ..."

2. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1811)
"Mr. Stewart remarks, that " it is not certain but the Sordid dragonet is a mere variety of the ... Although the dragonet is mentioned by English authors as ..."

3. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1811)
"Mr. Stewart remarks, that " it is not certain but the Sordid dragonet is a ... Although the dragonet is mentioned by English authors as being a rare fish on ..."

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