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wyvern
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.
Wyvern
Wyvern Wy"vern, n. (Her.) Same as Wiver.

Meaning of wyvern from wikipedia

- The wyvern (/ˈwaɪvərn/ WY-vərn, sometimes spelled wivern) is a type of mythical dragon with two legs, two wings, and often a pointed tail. The wyvern in...
- The Westland Wyvern is a British single-seat carrier-based multi-role strike aircraft built by Westland Aircraft that served in the 1950s, seeing service...
- The Vauxhall Wyvern is a medium-sized family car introduced by Vauxhall in 1948 as a successor to the Vauxhall 12. The name comes from the mythical beast...
- A wyvern or wivern is a two-legged dragon often represented in heraldry. Wyvern or wivern can also refer to: Radio Wyvern, a UK radio station now known...
- Wyvern is a computer programming language created by Jonathan Aldrich and Alex Potanin for the development of web and mobile applications with security...
- Wyvern College may refer to: Wyvern College, Hampshire, a secondary school in Eastleigh, Hampshire, England Wyvern College, the former name of Wyvern...
- 000 listeners according to RAJAR. Radio Wyvern originally went on-air on 4 October 1982. The original Wyvern name derived from the River Wye and River...
- Wyvern, also known as Dragon, is a 2009 Canadian-American made-for-television horror film produced by RHI Entertainment that premiered in the United States...
- The Wyvern's Spur is a fantasy novel by Kate Novak and Jeff Grubb that was originally published in 1990. It is the second novel in the Finder’s Stone Trilogy...
- The Wyvern Mystery is a 2000 BBC TV miniseries directed by Alex Pillai and starring Naomi Watts and Derek Jacobi. The TV series is based on Sheridan Le...