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WIVERNS
Noun
wiverns
plural of wivern
Source: Wiktionary
WIVERN
Wiv"er, Wiv"ern, n. Etym: [OE. wivere a serpent, OF. wivre, guivre, F. givre, guivre, wiver, from L. vipera; probably influenced by OHG. wipera, from the Latin. See Viper, and cf. Weever.]
1. (Her.)
Definition: A fabulous two-legged, winged creature, like a cockatrice, but having the head of a dragon, and without spurs. [Written also wyvern.] The jargon of heraldry, its griffins, its mold warps, its wiverns, and its dragons. Sir W. Scott.
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: The weever.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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