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What does dragon mean?

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Noun
  1. A legendary serpentine or reptilian creature.
    1. 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.
    2. 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.
  2. A heraldic representation of such a beast used as a charge or as a supporter; as in the arms of Wales.
  3. An animal of various species that resemble a dragon in appearance:
    1. (obsolete) A very large snake; a python.
    2. Any of various agamid lizards of the genera Draco, Physignathus or Pogona.
    3. A Komodo dragon.
  4. (astronomy) The constellation Draco.
  5. (pejorative) An unpleasant woman; a harridan.
  6. (with definite article, often capitalized) The (historical) Chinese empire or the People's Republic of China.
  7. (figuratively) Something very formidable or dangerous.
  8. A luminous exhalation from marshy ground, seeming to move through the air like a winged serpent.
  9. (military, historical) 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.
  10. A variety of carrier pigeon.
Noun
  1. (slang) a transvestite man, or more broadly a male-to-female transgender person
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