dracunculus
Meanings
Plural: dracunculi
Noun
- tuberous herbaceous perennials: dragon arum
- type genus of the family Dracunculidae
- A dragonet, a fish of families Callionymidae or Draconettidae.
- A Guinea worm (Filaria medinensis, now Dracunculus medinensis).
Origin / Etymology
Borrowed from Latin dracunculus, diminutive of draco (“dragon”).
Synonyms
genus Dracunculus
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