Dragonnoun
A legendary serpentine or reptilian creature.
Dragonnoun
In Western mythology, a gigantic beast, typically reptilian with leathery bat-like wings, lion-like claws, scaly skin and a serpent-like body, often a monster with fiery breath.
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In Eastern mythology, a large, snake-like monster with the eyes of a hare, the horns of a stag and the claws of a tiger, usually beneficent.
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A heraldic representation of such a beast used as a charge or as a supporter; as in the arms of Wales.
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An animal of various species that resemble a dragon in appearance:
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(obsolete) A very large snake; a python.
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Any of various agamid lizards of the genera Draco, Physignathus or Pogona.
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A Komodo dragon.
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The constellation Draco.
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(pejorative) A fierce and unpleasant woman; a harridan.
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The (historical) Chinese empire or the People's Republic of China.
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(figuratively) Something very formidable or dangerous.
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A type of playing-tile (red dragon, green dragon, white dragon) in the game of mahjong.
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A luminous exhalation from marshy ground, seeming to move through the air like a winged serpent.
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A short musket hooked to a swivel attached to a soldier's belt; so called from a representation of a dragon's head at the muzzle.
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A variety of carrier pigeon.
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(slang) a transvestite man, or more broadly a male-to-female transgender person
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A fabulous animal, generally represented as a monstrous winged serpent or lizard, with a crested head and enormous claws, and regarded as very powerful and ferocious.
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A fierce, violent person, esp. a woman.
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A constellation of the northern hemisphere figured as a dragon; Draco.
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A luminous exhalation from marshy grounds, seeming to move through the air as a winged serpent.
Dragonnoun
A short musket hooked to a swivel attached to a soldier's belt; - so called from a representation of a dragon's head at the muzzle.
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A small arboreal lizard of the genus Draco, of several species, found in the East Indies and Southern Asia. Five or six of the hind ribs, on each side, are prolonged and covered with weblike skin, forming a sort of wing. These prolongations aid them in making long leaps from tree to tree. Called also flying lizard.
Dragonnoun
A variety of carrier pigeon.
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A fabulous winged creature, sometimes borne as a charge in a coat of arms.
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a creature of Teutonic mythology; usually represented as breathing fire and having a reptilian body and sometimes wings
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a fiercely vigilant and unpleasant woman
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a faint constellation twisting around the north celestial pole and lying between Ursa Major and Cepheus
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any of several small tropical Asian lizards capable of gliding by spreading winglike membranes on each side of the body
Dragon
A dragon is a large, serpentine, legendary creature that appears in the folklore of many cultures worldwide. Beliefs about dragons vary considerably through regions, but dragons in western cultures since the High Middle Ages have often been depicted as winged, horned, four-legged, and capable of breathing fire.
Drakenoun
A male duck.
Drakenoun
A mayfly used as fishing bait.
Drakenoun
(poetic) A dragon.
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(historical) A small piece of artillery.
Drakenoun
A fiery meteor.
Drakenoun
A beaked galley, or Viking warship.
Drakenoun
The male of the duck kind.
Drakenoun
The drake fly.
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A dragon.
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A small piece of artillery.
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Wild oats, brome grass, or darnel grass; - called also drawk, dravick, and drank.
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English explorer and admiral who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe and who helped to defeat the Spanish Armada (1540-1596)
Drakenoun
adult male of a wild or domestic duck
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a male duck
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(in fishing) a natural or artificial mayfly, especially a subadult or a gravid female