dragonet

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/ˈdɹæɡənɛt/

noun

A small dragon.

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draglingdragonettedragonletdragonlingdrakelet
OriginMiddle English dragonet ← Middle French dragonet →
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Meanings

noundragonet (plural dragonets)

plural dragonets

  1. A small dragon.

    in his wombe might lurke some hidden nest / Of many Dragonets, his fruitfull seed […]

    1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

    Synonyms: dragling, dragonette, dragonlet, dragonling, drakelet

  2. Any of the small perciform marine fish of the families Callionymidae and Draconettidae (slope dragonets) found mainly in the tropical waters of the western Indo-Pacific, the family containing approximately 186 species in 18 genera.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA small dragon.

Similar
draglingdragonettedragonletdragonlingdrakelet
Also see
draglingdragonettedragonletdragonlingdrakelet

Origin

  1. Middle Frenchdragonet
  2. Middle Englishdragonet
  3. Englishdragonet

From Middle English dragonet, from Middle French dragonet. By surface analysis, dragon + -et.

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Translations

Bulgarian морска мишка
  • морска мишка (morska miška)fish of the family Callionymidae
Czech dráček
  • dráčeksmall dragon
Finnish merikokki, louhikokki
  • merikokkifish of the family Callionymidae
  • louhikokkifish of the family Callionymidae
French dragonnet, dragonnette
  • dragonnetsmall dragon
  • dragonnettesmall dragon
German Leierfisch
  • Leierfischfish of the family Callionymidae
Greek δράκαινα
  • δράκαινα (drákaina)fish of the family Callionymidae
Irish iascán nimhe
  • iascán nimhefish of the family Callionymidae
Italian dragonetto
  • dragonettofish of the family Callionymidae
Japanese 鼠坊
  • 鼠坊 (nezubo)fish of the family Callionymidae
Polish smoczek, mandaryn
  • smoczeksmall dragon
  • mandarynfish of the family Callionymidae

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

dragonet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dragonet

MLA

“dragonet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dragonet. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dragonet,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dragonet.

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