A fabulous animal, generally represented as a monstrous winged serpent or lizard, with a crested head and enormous claws, and regarded as very powerful and ferocious.
A fierce, violent person, esp. a woman.
A constellation of the northern hemisphere figured as a dragon; Draco.
A luminous exhalation from marshy grounds, seeming to move through the air as a winged serpent.
A short musket hooked to a swivel attached to a soldier's belt; -- so called from a representation of a dragon's head at the muzzle.
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.
A variety of carrier pigeon.
A fabulous winged creature, sometimes borne as a charge in a coat of arms.
It is possible that mankind is on the threshold of a golden age; but, if so, it will be necessary first to slay the dragon that guards the door, and this dragon is religion. Bertrand Russell
It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him. J. R. R. Tolkien
Jealousy, that dragon which slays love under the pretence of keeping it alive. Havelock Ellis
It's been a thrilling journey - I have had to really learn that an orchestra is an entity - it's a creature. I have been calling it the dragon and the conductor is the dragon tamer. And you just have to... ride and don't let go and you will be fine. Tori Amos
A poet can write about a man slaying a dragon, but not about a man pushing a button that releases a bomb. W. H. Auden
dragon in Dutch is draak, vlieger
dragon in French is dragon
dragon in German is Drache, Drachen
dragon in Italian is drago
dragon in Norwegian is drake
dragon in Swedish is drake
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