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noun
A draconian creature possessing wings, only two legs and usually a barbed tail.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
a fire-breathing dragon used in medieval heraldry; had the head of a dragon and the tail of a snake and a body with wings and two legs
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: wivern
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: dragon, firedrake
History
Alteration of Middle English wyver (“viper”), from Old Northern French wivre, from Vulgar Latin *vivra, *vibra, from Latin vīpera (“viper; snake, serpent”). Doublet of weever and viper. Related to viviparous.
Across languages
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