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wi⋅vern

  [wahy-vern]
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–noun Heraldry.
wyvern.

wy⋅vern

  [wahy-vern]
–noun Heraldry.
a two-legged winged dragon having the hinder part of a serpent with a barbed tail.
Also, wivern.

Origin:
1600–10; alter. (with unexplained -n) of earlier wyver, ME < AF wivre (OF guivre) < L vīpera viper
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wi·vern   (wī'vərn)   
n.  Variant of wyvern.
wy·vern also wi·vern   (wī'vərn)   


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n.   Heraldry
A two-legged dragon having wings and a barbed tail.

[Alteration of Middle English wyvere, viper, from Old North French wivre, from Latin vīpera; see viper.]
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