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

Gryphons and foxes and wyverns stare at him with glossy black eyes.

From Literature

So far some of the words are: “hover,” “flamboyant,” “swoop,” “rind,” “trophy,” “yikes,” “stupendous,” “cheese,” “wyvern.”

From Literature

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 Literature

Mean-eyed dragons, amphibious leonine creatures, bat-like wyverns that puff themselves up like fluffy hamsters – Monster Hunter World’s creatures are amazing, and hunting them with a selection of overblown, cartoonish weapons is incredible fun.

From The Guardian

Worse, he was wearing the red-and-gold garb of a member of the royal guard—the wyvern emblazoned across his broad chest.

From Literature