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dracunculus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.14 in modern English

Syllables
dra-cun-cu-lus
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A dragonet, a fish of families Callionymidae or Draconettidae.

noun

A Guinea worm (Filaria medinensis, now Dracunculus medinensis).

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dracunculus, diminutive of draco (“dragon”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

dracunculi (plural)

Questions

What does dracunculus mean?
A dragonet, a fish of families Callionymidae or Draconettidae.
Where does dracunculus come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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