Draco

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Draco \Dra"co\, n. [L. See {Dragon}.]
     1. (Astron.) The Dragon, a northern constellation within
        which is the north pole of the ecliptic.
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     2. A luminous exhalation from marshy grounds.


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     3. (Zool.) A genus of lizards. See {Dragon}, 6.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Draco
       n 1: Athenian lawmaker whose code of laws prescribed death for
            almost every offense (circa 7th century BC)
       2: a faint constellation twisting around the north celestial
          pole and lying between Ursa Major and Cepheus [syn: {Dragon}]
       3: flying dagons [syn: {genus Draco}]

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  DRACO
       DECT Radio Communications Controller (DECT, Hagenuk, University of
       Manchester)
       
       

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  draco
       
          A blend of {Pascal}, {C} and {ALGOL 68} developed by Chris
          Gray in 1987.  It has been implemented for {CP/M-80} and
          {Amiga}.
       
          (1994-11-04)