wyvern

A wyvern

Meaning

Noun

  • A draconian creature possessing wings, only two legs and usually a barbed tail.

Origin

  • Alteration of Middle English wyver ("viper"), borrowed from Old Northern French wivre, from Latin vÄ«pera ("viper; snake, serpent"). weever and viper.

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