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a dragon-like mythical creature usually depicted with two legs, wings, and a long tail
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- winged wyvern
- wyvern's claws
- wyvern in flight
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A wyvern circled above the ruined watchtower.
The shield bore a silver wyvern.
The wyvern folded its wings and settled on the ridge.
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- wyvern
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Primary curation section: Fantasy. Especially associated with heraldry and fantasy. Two-legged depiction is typical, but fictional conventions are not universal. Plural: wyverns.
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