Dracontic

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

  Dracontic \Dra*con"tic\, a. [From L. draco dragon, in allusion
     to the terms dragon's head and dragon's tail.] (Astron.)
     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.


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