DRACUNCULUS

n.[L.] 1. In botany, a plant, a species of Arum, with a long stalk, spotted like a serpents belly.
2. In medicine, a long slender worm, bred in the muscular parts of the arms and legs called Guinea worm. These are troublesome in tropical climates, and are usually extirpated by the point of a needle.

DRACUNCULUS

Dra *cun "cu *lus, n.; pl. Dracunculi. Etym: [L., dim. of draco dragon. ](Zoöl.) (a ) A fish; the dragonet. (b ) The Guinea worm (Filaria medinensis ).