wyvern
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- noun
- /ˈwɪvərn/
- Literature
- The artist painted a magnificent wyvern soaring above the castle in the sunset.
- wyvern chick
- wyvern hatching
- wyvern hide
Examples
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The Monoblos is the largest wyvern you will have fought up to now.
Blog text (16) -
Kaverin removed a small book bound in wyvern hide from his pocket.
Fiction book (1992) -
The wyvern settled slowly to the floor, ambled to the couch, and lay down.
Fiction book (2001) -
The wyvern's middle head glared down at the doctor.
Fiction book (2001) -
Now the smoke was clearing, and the wyvern could be seen lying in a spavined, sprawled, sanguine heap, each head smiling contentedly.
Fiction book (2001) -
Ran wandered, gazing through the barred windows at displays of seajade, dwarfen gold, bloodpearl earrings, and necklaces of wyvern teeth.
Fiction book (1994) -
Farther along, a wyvern rose out of the clouds along the cliff face—a segmented omnivore bigger than a flock of rocs and twice as menacing.
Fiction book (2000) -
The heraldic shield featured a fierce wyvern with its wings spread wide.
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In medieval tales, knights often battled the fearsome wyvern to protect their kingdoms.
Synonyms
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A large imaginary animal like a giant lizard with wings that often breathes fire
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A female imaginary creature with wings that breathes fire
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A large winged lizard from European stories that breathes fire and hoards treasure
A dragon with two legs, wings, and a long snake-like tail that breathes fire
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word wyvern comes from an old French word wivre, from Latin vipera which means 'viper' or 'snake'. That image of a winged snake helps explain why a wyvern is shown as a two-legged, winged dragon with a barbed, snake-like tail.