Wyvern

//ˈwaɪvən// noun

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Noun
  1. 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. 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

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dragonwivern

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"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.

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