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dragonlength

dragonlength noun: a distance equal to the length of a dragon.

Noun

dragonlength (plural dragonlengths)

  1. A distance equal to the length of a dragon.
    • Further investigation proved that the plateau was isolated and ample to pasture a huge herd of food[-]beasts for the dragons. It ended in a sheer drop of several dragonlengths into denser jungle on one side, the sea-side escarpment on the other.1968, Anne McCaffrey, “The Cold Between”, in Dragonflight, Ballantine Books, published 1974, →ISBN, page 262
    • An elv’in scoutship was not a large ship, less than two dragonlengths.2002, James Clemens (pseudonym; James Paul Czajkowski), Wit’ch Star, New York, N.Y.: Del Rey Books, →ISBN, page 28

Forms of dragonlength

pluraldragonlengths

Origin of dragonlength

From dragon + length.

Questions about dragonlength

What does dragonlength mean?
Dragonlength means a distance equal to the length of a dragon.
What part of speech is dragonlength?
Dragonlength is a noun.
What is the plural of dragonlength?
The plural of dragonlength is dragonlengths.

Words near dragonlength in the dictionary

  1. Dragonja
  2. dragonkin
  3. dragonkind
  4. dragonking
  5. dragonkings
  6. dragonlength
  7. dragonlengths
  8. dragonless
  9. dragonlet
  10. dragonlets
  11. dragonlike

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