DRAGONET, SKULPIN
\dɹˈaɡənˌɛt], \dɹˈaɡənˌɛt], \d_ɹ_ˈa_ɡ_ə_n_ˌɛ_t]\
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Name of two British spec. of fish, Gemmeous D. (Callionymus lyra) [Gr., beautiful-named] ; and Sordid D. (C. Dracunculus), nine to ten inches long, with large pectoral and ventral fins. Fam. Gobiidae, ord. Acanthopterygii, sub-class Teleostei.
By Henry Percy Smith
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