Definitions for wyvernˈwaɪ vərn
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
wy•vernˈwaɪ vərn(n.)
a mythical creature often depicted heraldically as a two-legged winged dragon with a barbed tail.
Category: Heraldry
Origin of wyvern:
1600–10; alter. (with unexplained -n) of earlier wyver, ME < AF wivre (OF guivre) < L vīperaviper
Princeton's WordNet
wyvern, wivern(noun)
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
Wiktionary
wyvern(Noun)
Mythical dragon-like creature, having wings, only two legs and a barbed tail.
Origin: Alteration of wyvere, from Northern wivre, from vipera.
Webster Dictionary
Wyvern(noun)
same as Wiver
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Wyvern
a heraldic device in shape of a dragon with expanded wings, with only two legs and the pointed tail of a scorpion.
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