wivern

Noun
Synonyms: wyvern

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  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 legsSynonyms: wyvern
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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.] [1913 Webster]

1.(Her.) A fabulous two-legged, winged creature, like a cockatrice, but having the head of a dragon, and without spurs. [Written also wyvern.] [1913 Webster]

The jargon of heraldry, its griffins, its mold warps, its wiverns, and its dragons.— Sir W. Scott.[1913 Webster]

2.(Zool.) The weever. [1913 Webster]

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