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dragonlet

dragonlet noun: a dragonfly of the genus Erythrodiplax, native to the Americas.

Noun

dragonlet (plural dragonlets)

  1. A dragonfly of the genus Erythrodiplax, native to the Americas.
  2. A little dragon.
    • I had no idea how long dragon gestation was, and my experience with Lois wasn't much to go on about normal dragonlet development, but if there was a human baby around about a year after some dragonlets were born which was maybe when normal dragonlets start spending serious time outside mom’s pouch....2007, Robin McKinley, Dragonhaven, G. P. Putnam’s Sons, →ISBN, page 315
    • So it was that after the dragonlets had eaten a supper of raw fish from the bay, and he and Princess Eleanor had eaten a delicious meal of cooked fish, Sir Thomas found himself lying on a bed of sweet grasses surrounded by sleepy baby dragons and one tired princess.2010, Shutta Crum, Thomas and the Dragon Queen, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, page 203

Synonyms of dragonlet

Forms of dragonlet

pluraldragonlets

Origin of dragonlet

From dragon + -let.

Questions about dragonlet

What does dragonlet mean?
Dragonlet means a dragonfly of the genus Erythrodiplax, native to the Americas.
What part of speech is dragonlet?
Dragonlet is a noun.
What is the plural of dragonlet?
The plural of dragonlet is dragonlets.

Words near dragonlet in the dictionary

  1. dragonking
  2. dragonkings
  3. dragonlength
  4. dragonlengths
  5. dragonless
  6. dragonlet
  7. dragonlets
  8. dragonlike
  9. dragonling
  10. dragonlings
  11. dragonlord

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