Wyvern

[waivә:n]

Definition

(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.

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Definition

(n.) Same as Wiver. X () X, the twenty-fourth letter of the English alphabet, has three sounds; a compound nonvocal sound (that of ks), as in wax; a compound vocal sound (that of gz), as in example; and, at the beginning of a word, a simple vocal sound (that of z), as in xanthic. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 217, 270, 271.

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Definition

n. (her.) a fictitious monster allied to the dragon and the griffin and having its two legs and feet like those of the eagle.

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