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dragon
  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.
  11. Synonyms:
  12. Examples:
    1. “And then he looked at the bottom of the pit and saw a fire-breathing dragon, with its jaws agape, exceedingly fierce and grim.”
      “Unlike mammals, the dragon relies on two specialised olfactory or nasal chambers, called Jacobson's organs, located in the roof of its mouth.”
      “The dragon was angry with the elf and swore he would make his life miserable if he could.”
dragonet
  1. A small dragon.
  2. Any of the small perciform marine fish of the family Callionymidae found mainly in the tropical waters of the western Indo-Pacific, the family containing approximately 186 species in 18 genera.
  3. Examples:
    1. “The mud is home to many creatures, and if you are lucky you might come across a dragonet.”
      “These psychedelic leftovers from the '60s are part of the dragonet fish family and range in size from 3 to 7cm.”
      “As to the dragonet, he stuck out his nose, fixed his eyes, and fell a-thinking.”
dracunculus
  1. A fish, the dragonet.
  2. The Guinea worm (Filaria medinensis, now Dracunculus medinensis).
  3. Examples:
    1. “It is dracunculus vulgaris, and derives its name from its stem, which is spotted like a snake.”
      “The Leipsic helminthologist had, indeed, specially instructed Fedschenko as to the probable source of dracunculus.”
      “Copepods also host Dracunculus medinensis, the Guinea worm nematode that causes dracunculiasis disease in humans.”
dragonborn
  1. (fantasy) An individual born with some physical or spiritual connection to dragons.
draconite
  1. A mythical gemstone taken from the head of a live dragon and believed to have magical properties.
dragon
  1. (slang) a transvestite man, or more broadly a male-to-female transgender person
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “And then he looked at the bottom of the pit and saw a fire-breathing dragon, with its jaws agape, exceedingly fierce and grim.”
      “Unlike mammals, the dragon relies on two specialised olfactory or nasal chambers, called Jacobson's organs, located in the roof of its mouth.”
      “The dragon was angry with the elf and swore he would make his life miserable if he could.”
dragonskin
  1. the skin of a dragon, or leather made from it
dragonking
  1. (fantasy fiction, mythology) A king with the ability to control dragons.
dracology
  1. The study of the mythology surrounding dragons.
dragonkin
  1. (fantasy) People who are partly descended from dragons.
dragonlord
  1. (fantasy) One who has power over dragons.
dragonlore
  1. The lore dealing with dragons.
draconology
  1. Alternative form of dracology
dragonslayer
  1. One who slays a dragon.
dragonbone
  1. (fantasy) The bone of a dragon.
dragonling
  1. (fantasy) A baby dragon.
dragonette
  1. A small or female dragon.
  2. Examples:
    1. Dragonette has since been picked for 15 synchros around the world.”
dragonologist
  1. One who studies dragons.
dragonology
  1. The study of dragons.
  2. Examples:
    1. “To describe them in full, and to recount minutely the ideas held by the Japanese rustics concerning them, would be to compile an octavo work on dragonology.”
dragoness
  1. (rare, chiefly figuratively) A female dragon.
dragonologists
  1. plural of dragonologist
dragonslayers
  1. plural of dragonslayer
dracunculi
  1. plural of dracunculus
dragonettes
  1. plural of dragonette
dragonskins
  1. plural of dragonskin
dragonbones
  1. plural of dragonbone
dragonkings
  1. plural of dragonking
dragonlings
  1. plural of dragonling
dragonlords
  1. plural of dragonlord
draconites
  1. plural of draconite
dragonesses
  1. plural of dragoness
dragonets
  1. plural of dragonet
dragons
  1. plural of dragon
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Interestingly, some future antibiotics may lie in unusual places, including the saliva of Komodo dragons.”
      “Hung on the walls were beautiful dagger hilts shaped as hawks and dragons, one a ravening wolf with a great diamond clasped in it jaws.”
      “Legend tells it that it was dragons that first taught humans and elves how to use magic.”
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