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单词 dragonet
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Definition of dragonet in English:

dragonet

noun ˈdraɡ(ə)nɪtˈdraɡənit
  • A marine fish which often lies partly buried in the seabed. The male is brightly coloured.

    Two genera in the family Callionymidae: several species, in particular the European Callionymus lyra

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Scorpion fish, butterfish, scallops, prawns, peacock worms, cuttlefish and dragonets all go about their business among the many stationary species of aquatic life.
    • Coral snake eels peered out from tubular burrows, and a fingered dragonet tried to intimidate its own reflection on my camera dome port with a series of switchblade-like actions of its dorsal fin.
    • Snake eels, blue-ribbon eels, exotic dragonets, inimicus scorpionfish, stonefish, seahorses and a host of other well-camouflaged species will slowly reveal themselves.
    • Swimming onto the heavy granite sand, you will find dragonets, plaice and wandering hermit crabs.
    • The most common are dragonets, topknots, dabs, plaice and, if you're lucky, the occasional anglerfish and thornback ray.
    • As we slipped down a steep incline, shafts of sunlight bounced around us and colourful dragonets and little gobies darted along the sandy bottom.
    • The slates cover much of the scene, and again the beasties have taken advantage: goldsinny, dragonets, butterfish.
    • At the base of the cliff, common shrimp and dragonets were feeding off the clean white sand.
    • We found a multitude of interesting subjects - flying gurnards and dragonets, strange octopuses and rainbow coloured nudibranchs, and even several different kinds of frogfish.
    • My X-ray-eyed buddy Gary spotted a dragonet partly buried in the mud; a butterfish lived up to its name by making a rapid departure.
    • Ballan wrasse, dragonets, scorpionfish, butterfish and topknots (common and Norwegian) all occur frequently.
    • The mud is home to many creatures, and if you are lucky you might come across a dragonet.
    • We see an angler fish within a minute of reaching the bottom, many tompots under the plating, and wrasse and dragonets in the coarse sand to the landward side of the wreck.
    • These psychedelic leftovers from the '60s are part of the dragonet fish family and range in size from 3 to 7cm.
    • The Mandarin Dragonet can simply not be confused with any other fish.
    • The muddy terrain seaward of the wreck is fertile ground for scallops, dragonets and some of the biggest long-clawed squat lobsters I have seen.
    • We found pygmy and full-sized seahorses, flying gurnards with their comically large pectoral fins, rare juvenile finger dragonets with bright blue anal fins, and a trio of spectacular yellow and white harlequin ghost pipefish.

Origin

Middle English (denoting a small dragon): from Old French, diminutive of dragon 'dragon'.

 
 

Definition of dragonet in US English:

dragonet

nounˈdraɡənit
  • A marine fish which often lies partly buried in the seabed. The male is brightly colored.

    Two genera in the family Callionymidae: several species, in particular the European Callionymus lyra

    Example sentencesExamples
    • As we slipped down a steep incline, shafts of sunlight bounced around us and colourful dragonets and little gobies darted along the sandy bottom.
    • We found a multitude of interesting subjects - flying gurnards and dragonets, strange octopuses and rainbow coloured nudibranchs, and even several different kinds of frogfish.
    • The most common are dragonets, topknots, dabs, plaice and, if you're lucky, the occasional anglerfish and thornback ray.
    • We see an angler fish within a minute of reaching the bottom, many tompots under the plating, and wrasse and dragonets in the coarse sand to the landward side of the wreck.
    • Ballan wrasse, dragonets, scorpionfish, butterfish and topknots (common and Norwegian) all occur frequently.
    • The slates cover much of the scene, and again the beasties have taken advantage: goldsinny, dragonets, butterfish.
    • At the base of the cliff, common shrimp and dragonets were feeding off the clean white sand.
    • The Mandarin Dragonet can simply not be confused with any other fish.
    • Scorpion fish, butterfish, scallops, prawns, peacock worms, cuttlefish and dragonets all go about their business among the many stationary species of aquatic life.
    • My X-ray-eyed buddy Gary spotted a dragonet partly buried in the mud; a butterfish lived up to its name by making a rapid departure.
    • We found pygmy and full-sized seahorses, flying gurnards with their comically large pectoral fins, rare juvenile finger dragonets with bright blue anal fins, and a trio of spectacular yellow and white harlequin ghost pipefish.
    • These psychedelic leftovers from the '60s are part of the dragonet fish family and range in size from 3 to 7cm.
    • The muddy terrain seaward of the wreck is fertile ground for scallops, dragonets and some of the biggest long-clawed squat lobsters I have seen.
    • Snake eels, blue-ribbon eels, exotic dragonets, inimicus scorpionfish, stonefish, seahorses and a host of other well-camouflaged species will slowly reveal themselves.
    • Swimming onto the heavy granite sand, you will find dragonets, plaice and wandering hermit crabs.
    • The mud is home to many creatures, and if you are lucky you might come across a dragonet.
    • Coral snake eels peered out from tubular burrows, and a fingered dragonet tried to intimidate its own reflection on my camera dome port with a series of switchblade-like actions of its dorsal fin.

Origin

Middle English (denoting a small dragon): from Old French, diminutive of dragon ‘dragon’.

 
 
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