n. Any of the small perciform marine fish of the family Callionymidae found mainly in the tropical waters of the western Indo-Pacific, the family containing approximately 186 species in 18 genera.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A little dragon.
n. A small British marine fish (Callionymuslyra); -- called also yellow sculpin, fox, and gowdie.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A little or young dragon.
n. The English name of fishes of the genus Callionymus, family callionymidœ.
n. A name of the very large lizards of South America of the genus Crocodilurus (or Ada), belonging to the family Teiidœ or Ameividœ.
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n. small often brightly colored scaleless marine bottom-dwellers; found in tropical and warm temperate waters of Europe and America
Word Usage
"A gentleman with a dragonet on his shoulder posed with Lucky."