Dracunculus

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A fish; the dragonet.

II. Dracunculus ·noun The Guinea worm (Filaria medinensis).

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dracunculus
drăcuncŭlus, i, m. dim. [draco]. I A small serpent , dragonet , Lampr. Alex. Sev. 14; Jul. Val. ...

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