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DRACUNCULUS, n. [L.]

1. In botany, a plant, a species of Arum, with a long stalk, spotted like a serpents belly.

2. In medicine, a long slender worm, bred in the muscular parts of the arms and legs called Guinea worm. These are troublesome in tropical climates, and are usually extirpated by the point of a needle.

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