| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | drag·on·et |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  dr g  -n t |
| NOUN: | Any of various small, often brightly colored marine fishes of the family Callionymidae, having a slender body and a flattened head. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, young dragon, from Old French, diminutive of dragon, dragon. See dragon.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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