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wivern
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Wivern
(gcide) | 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.]
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1. (Her.) A fabulous two-legged, winged creature, like a
cockatrice, but having the head of a dragon, and without
spurs. [Written also wyvern.]
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The jargon of heraldry, its griffins, its mold
warps, its wiverns, and its dragons. --Sir W.
Scott.
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2. (Zool.) The weever.
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wivern
(wn) | wivern
n 1: 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, wivern] |
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wivern
(encz) | wivern, n: |
wivern
(wn) | wivern
n 1: 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, wivern] |
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