dracunculusn.

/drəˈkʌŋkjʊləs/

Etymology: Latin diminutive of draco dragon n.¹

1. The muscular hair-worm D. (Filaria) medinensis, found in the legs and muscular parts of the arms of the inhabitants of both Indies, and other tropical countries; the Guinea-worm.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Nemathelminthes > [noun] > class Nematoda > genus Filaria > member of > filaria medinensis (Guinea worm)

Guinea worm1699

leg worm1699

dracunculus1706

hairworm1752

sea-dragon1775

skin worm1831

rishta1834

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Dracunculus..a kind of Ulcer that eats even thro' a Nerve it self; also a long sort of Earth-worm, which frequently grows to Indians' Legs.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) A Disease in Children, wherein they feel a vehement Itching; supposed to arise from little Worms, call'd Dracunculi.

1851–9 Man. Sci. Eng. 248 Why the dracunculus should be met with on the west coast of Africa.

1888 G. Rolleston & W. H. Jackson Forms Animal Life (ed. 2) 676 The female Dracunculus..may attain a length of six feet.

2. Ichthyology. A fish, a dragonet or goby of the genus Callionymus.

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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > [noun] > suborder Callionymoidei (dragonets) > member of genus Callionymus (dragonet)

sea-dragon1551

quaviver1589

sculpin1672

sea spider1672

dracunculus1752

dragonet1769

dragon fish1769

1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 272 The seadragon: this is frequent in the Mediterranean..Ray, etc. call it dracunculus.

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl.

3. Botany. A herbaceous genus of Araceœ, formerly included under Arum, containing the green dragon n.¹ 14 or dragons n.

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1706 in Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.)

1751 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. II. 596 Arum; this genus comprehends the arum, arisarum, colocasia and dracunculus of authors.

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Dracunculus, Dragons in botany.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

单词	dracunculus
释义	dracunculusn. /drəˈkʌŋkjʊləs/ Etymology: Latin diminutive of draco dragon n.¹ 1. The muscular hair-worm D. (Filaria) medinensis, found in the legs and muscular parts of the arms of the inhabitants of both Indies, and other tropical countries; the Guinea-worm. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Nemathelminthes > [noun] > class Nematoda > genus Filaria > member of > filaria medinensis (Guinea worm) Guinea worm1699 leg worm1699 dracunculus1706 hairworm1752 sea-dragon1775 skin worm1831 rishta1834 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Dracunculus..a kind of Ulcer that eats even thro' a Nerve it self; also a long sort of Earth-worm, which frequently grows to Indians' Legs. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) A Disease in Children, wherein they feel a vehement Itching; supposed to arise from little Worms, call'd Dracunculi. 1851–9 Man. Sci. Eng. 248 Why the dracunculus should be met with on the west coast of Africa. 1888 G. Rolleston & W. H. Jackson Forms Animal Life (ed. 2) 676 The female Dracunculus..may attain a length of six feet. 2. Ichthyology. A fish, a dragonet or goby of the genus Callionymus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > [noun] > suborder Callionymoidei (dragonets) > member of genus Callionymus (dragonet) sea-dragon1551 quaviver1589 sculpin1672 sea spider1672 dracunculus1752 dragonet1769 dragon fish1769 1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 272 The seadragon: this is frequent in the Mediterranean..Ray, etc. call it dracunculus. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. 3. Botany. A herbaceous genus of Araceœ, formerly included under Arum, containing the green dragon n.¹ 14 or dragons n. ΚΠ 1706 in Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) 1751 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. II. 596 Arum; this genus comprehends the arum, arisarum, colocasia and dracunculus of authors. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Dracunculus, Dragons in botany. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < n.1706
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