English-Thai Dictionary
dragonet
N ปลา ตัวเล็ก สีสัน สวย ตาม ชายฝั่ง
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
DRAGONET
n. 1. A little dragon.
2. A fish with a slender round body, colored with yellow, blue and white; the head is large and depressed at the top and has two orifices, through which it breathes and ejects water, like the cetaceous tribe.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
DRAGONET
DRAGONET Drag "on *et, n.
1. A little dragon. Spenser.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A small British marine fish (Callionymuslyra ); -- called also yellow sculpin, fox, and gowdie.
New American Oxford Dictionary
dragonet
drag on et |ˌdragəˈnet, ˈdragənit ˈdræɡənɛt | ▶noun a marine fish that often lies partly buried in the seabed. The male is brightly colored. [Two genera in the family Callionymidae: several species, in particular the European Callionymus lyra. ] ORIGIN Middle English (denoting a small dragon ): from Old French, diminutive of dragon ‘dragon. ’
Oxford Dictionary
dragonet
dragonet |ˈdrag (ə )nɪt | ▶noun a marine fish which often lies partly buried in the seabed. The male is brightly coloured. ●Two genera in the family Callionymidae: several species, in particular the European Callionymus lyra. ORIGIN Middle English (denoting a small dragon ): from Old French, diminutive of dragon ‘dragon ’.
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