noun
wyvern
Wyvern (noun) means a mythical winged creature with two legs and often a spiked tail, resembling a dragon.
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A mythical winged creature with two legs and often a spiked tail, resembling a dragon.
"Above the shield was the well-known Midland crest of a legless wyvern (a wyvern normally has two legs)."
— Col. H. C. B. Rogers, Railway Heraldry (1956)
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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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wivern
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What is the meaning of wyvern?
"wyvern" (noun) means a mythical winged creature with two legs and often a spiked tail, resembling a dragon.
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Other words for "wyvern" include wivern.
