dracunculus

See also: Dracunculus

English

A dracunculus fish, Synchiropus splendidus

dracunculus (Dracunculus medinesis) larvae

Etymology

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

Noun

dracunculus (plural dracunculi)

A fish, the dragonet.
The Guinea worm (Filaria medinensis, now Dracunculus medinensis).

Further reading

Dragonet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Filarioidea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Callionymidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Dracunculus medinensis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Latin

Etymology

From dracō, dracōnis (“dragon”) +‎ -culus.

Noun

dracunculus m (plural dracunculi)

a small dragon or serpent
a thread twisted like a serpent
a sort of fish, dragonet
tarragon

References

dracunculus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
dracunculus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
dracunculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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