Wyvern
/ˈwaɪvən/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A draconian creature possessing wings, only two legs and usually a barbed tail.
"The jargon of heraldry, its griffins, its moldwarps, its wyverns, and its dragons."
- 2 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 wordnet
Antonyms
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More examples"The jargon of heraldry, its griffins, its moldwarps, its wyverns, and its dragons."
Etymology
Alteration of Middle English wyver (“viper”), from Old Northern French wivre, from Latin vīpera (“viper; snake, serpent”). Doublet of weever and viper.