weedy sea dragon

English

Alternative forms
  • weedy seadragon
Weedy sea dragon

Noun

weedy sea dragon (plural weedy sea dragons)

  1. A marine fish related to the seahorse, native to the waters off southern Australia (Phyllopteryx taeniolatus).
    • 2001, Richard Flanagan, Gould's Book of Fish, Vintage, published 2016, page 43:
      My gaze turned to the weedy seadragon, which was, I had to agree with Mr Hung, a magnificent creature.

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