Crossword clues for dragonet
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Dragonet \Drag"on*et\, n.
A little dragon.
--Spenser.(Zo["o]l.) A small British marine fish ( Callionymuslyra); -- called also yellow sculpin, fox, and gowdie.
Wiktionary
n. 1 A small dragon. 2 Any of the small perciform marine fish of the family ''(taxlink Callionymidae family noshow=1)'' found mainly in the tropical waters of the western Indo-Pacific, the family containing approximately 186 species in 18 genera.
WordNet
n. small often brightly colored scaleless marine bottom-dwellers; found in tropical and warm-temperate waters of Europe and America
Wikipedia
Dragonets are small, perciform, marine fish of the diverse family Callionymidae (from the Greek kallis, "beautiful" and onyma, "name") found mainly in the tropical waters of the western Indo-Pacific. They are benthic organisms, spending most of their time near the sandy bottoms, at a depth of roughly two hundred meters. There exist 139 species of the fish, in nineteen genera.
Due to similarities in morphology and behavior, dragonets are sometimes confused with members of the goby family. However, male dragonets can be differentiated from the goby by their very long dorsal fins, and females by their protruding lower jaws. The Draconettidae may be considered a sister family, whose members are very much alike, though rarely seen.
Usage examples of "dragonet".
But pull it ashore he did, and the nets were heavy with wriggling silver flashes of sardines, leavened with the occasional bulk of a blue-and-gold tunnyfish or silvery mackerel, the odd dragonet and ermine, and even a few crabs.
Except for the flock of web-footed pink and white sea dragonets that glided gracefully past one morning, nothing out of the ordinary presented itself for their perusal.
Ceaseless screeching and cawing and hissing testified to the competition for prime sites among dragonets and puffins, gulls and terns.
The wing-beats of dragonets no longer whispered in his ears, and the delectable murmur of prey animals cropping grass was sorely wanting.
Broad-winged raptors and agile dragonets swooped and darted in waves before the flames, feasting on the insects and small game that were being driven from their hiding places by the onrushing conflagration.
Silhouetted against the scudding clouds, a few dragonets and condors soared on the updrafts.
Owls hooted from within the dark shadows of tall trees, to be answered by nocturnal dragonets whose occasional flights provided a diversion for the tarrying travelers.
As it was bath-time for the dragonets Iantine was immediately fascinated by their antics and began to appreciate just how much hard work went into their nurture.
Beyond them, their dragonets roused from a doze and chirped in empathic anxiety.
Above, the rafters of the barn seemed to ripple with its temporary adornment of the dragonet population of Landing, crooning and chirping continual encouragement.
Four of the dragonets sustained the attack right into the vegetation, and there was considerable agitation of branches until the attackers emerged, chittering loudly.
First one dragonet, then another, awkward, ugly, glistening creatures, flopped and rolled from their casings, squawking and creeling, their wedge-shaped heads too big for the thin, sinuous short necks.
To breed large enough dragonets — dragons — we need them big — ” Bay stretched her arms full length and flicked her fingers to indicate room size.
You see, just before hatching, the older dragonets bring seaweed to form a ring about the clutch, and offer fish and crawlies and anything else they can find to the hatchlings.
If subsequent obeisances were jerky or skimped, Ramoth had been mollified although she emitted curious little barks as each dragonet made its Impression.