American Dictionary of the English Language

DRACUNCULUS, noun [Latin]

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.