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WYVERN

• WYVERN (noun)
The noun WYVERN has 1 sense:

1. 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

Familiarity information: WYVERN used as a noun is very rare.

• WYVERN (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

wivern; wyvern

Hypernyms ("wyvern" is a kind of...):

dragon; firedrake (a creature of Teutonic mythology; usually represented as breathing fire and having a reptilian body and sometimes wings)

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