WYVERN


Meaning of WYVERN in English

/wuy"veuhrn/ , n. Heraldry.

a two-legged winged dragon having the hinder part of a serpent with a barbed tail.

Also, wivern .

[ 1600-10; alter. (with unexplained -n ) of earlier wyver, ME wivre (OF guivre ) vipera VIPER ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .