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wivern

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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}.] 
  1.  (Her.)  A  fabulous  two-legged,  winged  creature,  like  a 
  cockatrice,  but  having  the  head  of  a  dragon,  and  without 
  spurs.  [Written  also  {wyvern}.] 
 
  The  jargon  of  heraldry,  its  griffins,  its  mold 
  warps,  its  wiverns,  and  its  dragons.  --Sir  W. 
  Scott. 
 
  2.  (Zo["o]l.)  The  weever. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  wivern 
  n  :  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}]




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