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WIVERN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does wivern mean?
• WIVERN (noun)
The noun WIVERN has 1 sense:
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
Familiarity information: WIVERN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
wivern; wyvern
Hypernyms ("wivern" is a kind of...):
dragon; firedrake (a creature of Teutonic mythology; usually represented as breathing fire and having a reptilian body and sometimes wings)
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