wyvern
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of wyvern
1600–10; alteration (with unexplained -n ) of earlier wyver, Middle English < Anglo-French wivre ( Old French guivre ) < Latin vīpera viper
Example Sentences
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Maybe at McDonald’s I could order a wyvern with special sauce on a sesame-seed bun.
From "Beast Rider" by Tony Johnston & María Elena Fontanot de Rhoads
As his cloak shifted, she spied the gold wyvern embroidered on his tunic.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
On his black doublet, an emblazoned gold rendering of the royal wyvern occupied the entirety of the chest.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
A wyvern is a long-ago made-up creature with wings that is like a two-legged dragon.
From "Beast Rider" by Tony Johnston & María Elena Fontanot de Rhoads
When Werfel arrived, the Foreign Secretary was just giving the order for the three-headed wyvern to collect the capsule out of the sky and bring it gently, softly, safely down to the ground.
From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin
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