wyvern
1 synonym for wyvern, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — A mythical winged creature with two legs and often a spiked tail, resembling a dragon.
Synonyms
Rare, literary or technical
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wivern
Etymology
This word is an alteration of Middle English wyver (“viper”), from Old Northern French wivre, from Vulgar Latin *vivra or *vibra, from Latin vīpera (“viper; snake, serpent”). It is a doublet of weever and viper, and is related to viviparous.
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