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Webster 1913 Edition
Dracunculus
‖
Dra-cun′cu-lus
,Noun.
pl.
Dracunculi
(#)
. [L., dim. of
draco
dragon.] (Zool.)
(a)
A fish; the dragonet.
(b)
The Guinea worm (
Filaria medinensis
). Webster 1828 Edition
Dracunculus
DRACUNCULUS
,Noun.
1.
In botany, a plant, a species of Arum, with a long stalk, spotted like a serpents belly.2.
In medicine, a long slender worm, bred in the muscular parts of the arms and legs called Guinea worm. These are troublesome in tropical climates, and are usually extirpated by the point of a needle.Definition 2024
Dracunculus
Dracunculus
See also: dracunculus
Translingual
Proper noun
Dracunculus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Dracunculidae – spiruroid nematode parasites.
- A taxonomic genus within the family Araceae – tuberous aroid perennials sometimes grown for ornamental purposes..
Hypernyms
- (genus in Araceae): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, monocots - clades; Alismatales - order; Araceae - family; Aroideae - subfamily; Areae - tribe
dracunculus
dracunculus
See also: Dracunculus
English
Noun
dracunculus (plural dracunculi)
- A fish, the dragonet.
- The Guinea worm (Filaria medinensis, now Dracunculus medinensis).
Latin
Etymology
From dracon-, stem of draco (“dragon”) + -culus (“diminutive”)
Noun
dracunculus (plural dracunculi)
References
- dracunculus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- DRACUNCULUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “dracunculus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.