Defn: Pertaining to Draco, a famous lawgiver of Athens, 621 b. c.
Draconian code, or Draconian laws, a code of laws made by Draco.
Their measures were so severe that they were said to be written in
letters of blood; hence, any laws of excessive rigor.
DRACONIC
Dra*con"ic, a.
Defn: Relating to Draco, the Athenian lawgiver; or to the constellation Draco; or to dragon's blood.
DRACONIN
Dra*co"nin, n. Etym: [Cf. F. draconine. See Draco.] (Chem.)
Defn: A red resin forming the essential basis of dragon's blood; — called also dracin.
DRACONTIC Dra*con"tic, a. Etym: [From L. draco dragon, in allusion to the terms dragon's head and dragon's tail.] (Astron.)
Defn: Belonging to that space of time in which the moon performs one revolution, from ascending node to ascending node. See Dragon's head, under Dragon. [Obs.] "Dracontic month." Crabb.
DRACONTINE
Dra*con"tine, a. Etym: [L. draco dragon.]
Defn: Belonging to a dragon. Southey.
DRACUNCULUS Dra*cun"cu*lus, n.; pl. Dracunculi. Etym: [L., dim. of draco dragon.] (Zoöl.) (a) A fish; the dragonet. (b) The Guinea worm (Filaria medinensis).