wyvern
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vərn noun Heraldry.
a two-legged winged dragon having the hinder part of a serpent with a barbed tail.
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wyvern or (less commonly) wivern (ˈwaɪvən) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| a heraldic beast having a serpent's tail and a dragon's head and a body with wings and two legs | |
| [C17: variant of earlier wyver, from Old French, from Latin vīpera | |
| wivern or (less commonly) wivern | |
| —n | |
| [C17: variant of earlier wyver, from Old French, from Latin vīpera | |
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Wyvern
is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
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Word Origin & History
wyvern
1610, formed (with excrescent -n) from M.E. wyver (c.1300), from Anglo-Fr. wivre, from O.N.Fr. form of O.Fr. guivre "snake," from L. vipera "viper" (see viper). In heraldry, a winged dragon with eagle's feet and a serpent's barbed tail.
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Example sentences from the web
A dragonlike animal with no front legs and walking only on its back legs is a wyvern.
The wyvern heartless from the kingdom hearts series of games.
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