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A fire-breathing dragon used in medieval heraldry
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wivern
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. 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 [syn: wyvern ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Wiver \Wiv"er\, Wivern \Wiv"ern\, n. [OE. wivere a serpent, OF. wivre, guivre, F. givre, guivre, wiver, from L. vipera; probably influenced by OHG. wipera, from the Latin. See Viper , and cf. Weever .] (Her.) A fabulous two-legged, winged creature, like ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (alternative spelling of wyvern English)
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
see wyvern .
Usage examples of wivern.
After all, we bear, azure, a wivern or, darting fire, ongle gules, and scaled vert, a chief ermine, from the time of Francois I.