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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster]