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Wyvern

Noun CEFR B1
ˈwaɪvən

Definitions

A draconian creature possessing wings, only two legs and usually a barbed tail.

Equivalents

16 more languages
Češtinadrak
Dansklindorm
Esperantoviverno
Gaeilgevuibhearn
Galegococa
Italianoviverna
한국어와이번
Nederlandswyvern
Polskiwiwern
Portuguêsguivraserpe
Svenskalindorm

Examples

The jargon of heraldry, its griffins, its moldwarps, its wyverns, and its dragons.”
Notions of freedom are tied up in drink / Our ideal life contains a tavern / Where man may sit and talk of or just think / All without fear of the nighted wyvern, / Or yet another tavern where it appears.”
Above the shield was the well-known Midland crest of a legless wyvern (a wyvern normally has two legs).”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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