Dachshund. German for “badger-dog.” Daffodil. An English corruption of the French d’Asphodel. Dagonet. The pseudonym of Mr George R. Sims in The Referee, after the jester at the Court of King Arthur. Daguerreotype. An early process of photography discovered by L. J. M. Daguerre. Dahlgreen Gun. After its inventor, an officer in the United States Navy. Dahlia. Introduced to Europe from Mexico in 1..