dragonet

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun small often brightly colored scaleless marine bottom-dwellers; found in tropical and warm temperate waters of Europe and America

Etymology

From Middle English dragonet, from Middle French dragonet. By surface analysis, dragon + -et.

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