wyvern

American  

[wahy-vern] / ˈwaɪ vərn /

Or wivern

noun

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

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wyvern British  

/ ˈwaɪvən /

noun

1. a heraldic beast having a serpent's tail and a dragon's head and a body with wings and two legs

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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

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

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

Atop its hilt perched a wyvern, open-mouthed and screaming.

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas

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