Definition of dragon

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Dragon (n.) A small arboreal lizard of the genus Draco, of several species, found in the East Indies and Southern Asia. Five or six of the hind ribs, on each side, are prolonged and covered with weblike skin, forming a sort of wing. These prolongations aid them in making long leaps from tree to tree. Called also flying lizard..

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Sea Dragon :: Sea dragon () The pegasus.
Dragonnade :: Dragonnade (n.) The severe persecution of French Protestants under Louis XIV., by an armed force, usually of dragoons; hence, a rapid and devastating incursion; dragoonade..
Snapdragon :: Snapdragon (n.) Any plant of the scrrophulariaceous genus Antirrhinum, especially the cultivated A. majus, whose showy flowers are fancifully likened to the face of a dragon..
Dragon's Blood :: Dragon's blood () Alt. of Dragon's tai.
Dragon :: Dragon (n.) A fabulous winged creature, sometimes borne as a charge in a coat of arms..
Fly :: Fly (v. i.) Any winged insect; esp., one with transparent wings; as, the Spanish fly; firefly; gall fly; dragon fly..
Dragoonade :: Dragoonade (n.) See Dragonnade.
Pendragon :: Pendragon (n.) A chief leader or a king; a head; a dictator; -- a title assumed by the ancient British chiefs when called to lead other chiefs.
Dragon :: Dragon (n.) A variety of carrier pigeon.
Dragonet :: Dragonet (n.) A little dragon.
Earthdrake :: Earthdrake (n.) A mythical monster of the early Anglo-Saxon literature; a dragon.
Helmet :: Helmet (n.) The hood-formed upper sepal or petal of some flowers, as of the monkshood or the snapdragon..
Firedrake :: Firedrake (n.) A fiery dragon.
Calvessnout :: Calvessnout (n.) Snapdragon.
Draco :: Draco (n.) A genus of lizards. See Dragon, 6..
Dragon's Tail :: Dragon's tail () See Dragon's blood, Dragon's head, etc., under Dragon..
Snapdragon :: Snapdragon (n.) A West Indian herb (Ruellia tuberosa) with curiously shaped blue flowers.
Sculpin :: Sculpin (n.) The dragonet, or yellow sculpin, of Europe (Callionymus lura)..
Pseudoneuroptera :: Pseudoneuroptera (n. pl.) division of insects (Zool.) reticulated wings, as in the Neuroptera, but having an active pupa state. It includes the dragon flies, May flies, white ants, etc. By some zoologists they are classed with the Orthoptera; by others, with the Neuroptera..
Dracontic :: Dracontic (a.) Belonging to that space of time in which the moon performs one revolution, from ascending node to ascending node. See Dragon's head, under Dragon..
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