dracunculus

noun — 2 senses

dracunculus

noun

Etymology Borrowed from Latin dracunculus, diminutive of draco (“dragon”).

1

A dragonet, a fish of families Callionymidae or Draconettidae.

2

A Guinea worm (Filaria medinensis, now Dracunculus medinensis).

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