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wyvern

or ɾ·

[ wahy-vern ]

noun

  1. a two-legged winged dragon having the back part of a serpent with a barbed tail.


wyvern

/ ˈɲɪə /

noun

  1. a heraldic beast having a serpent's tail and a dragon's head and a body with wings and two legs
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of wyvern1

1600–10; alteration (with unexplained -n ) of earlier wyver, Middle English < Anglo-French wivre ( Old French guivre ) < Latin ī viper
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Word History and Origins

Origin of wyvern1

C17: variant of earlier wyver, from Old French, from Latin ī viper
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Gryphons and foxes and wyverns stare at him with glossy black eyes.

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My words-of-the-day—like “stupendous” and “wyvern,” the dragon—are of no help.

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Griffin-riders spied angry wyverns and swerved away, unclear as to whether they were all at war.

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Mean-eyed dragons, amphibious leonine creatures, bat-like wyverns that puff themselves up like fluffy hamsters – Monster Hunter World’s creatures are amazing, and hunting them with a selection of overblown, cartoonish weapons is incredible fun.

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Four-legged dragons—not vicious, bipedal wyverns like those on the royal seal.

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