Hypertext Webster Gateway: "dracunculus"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Dracunculus \Dra*cun"cu*lus\, n.; pl. {Dracunculi}. [L., dim. of
draco dragon.] (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A fish; the dragonet.
(b) The Guinea worm ({Filaria medinensis}).
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Dracunculus
n 1: tuberous herbaceous perennials: dragon arum [syn: {Dracunculus},
{genus Dracunculus}]
2: type genus of the family Dracunculidae [syn: {Dracunculus},
{genus Dracunculus}]
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