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A mythical reptilian or serpentine creature.; In European mythologies, a gigantic beast, typically reptilian with leathery bat-like wings, lion-like claws, scaly skin and a lizard-like body, often a monster with fiery breath.
- Medea for the loue of Iaſon, taught him how to tame the fire breathing braſſ feeted Bulls, and kill the mighty dragon that kept the golden fleece[.]
- But as every well-brought-up prince was expected to kill a dragon, and rescue a princess, the dragons grew fewer and fewer till it was often quite hard for a princess to find a dragon to be rescued from.
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A mythical reptilian or serpentine creature.; In Eastern Asian mythologies, a large, snake-like monster with the eyes of a hare, the horns of a stag and the claws of a tiger, usually beneficent.
- These tapestries were magnificently figured with golden dragons; and as the serpentine bodies gleamed and shimmered in the increasing radiance, each dragon, I thought, intertwined its glittering coils more closely with those of another.
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An animal of various species that resemble a dragon in appearance:; A very large snake; a python.obsolete
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An animal of various species that resemble a dragon in appearance:; Any of various agamid lizards of the genera Draco, Physignathus or Pogona.
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An animal of various species that resemble a dragon in appearance:; A Komodo dragon.
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An animal of various species that resemble a dragon in appearance:; A sea dragon.
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The constellation Draco.capitalizedoftenwith-definite-article
- My father compounded with my mother vnder the Dragons taile, and my nativity was vnder Vrsa Maior.
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A fierce and unpleasant woman.derogatory
- She’s a bit of a dragon.
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An unattractive woman.UKderogatoryrare
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The (historical) Chinese empire or the People's Republic of China.capitalizedoftenwith-definite-article
- Napoleon already warned of the awakening of the Dragon.
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Synonym of drag queen.slang
- Yes. Butt shots. Everybody can't afford lipo and fat transfers. Especially dragons. So if they want to pay me top dollar to pump their ass up that's what I'm gonna do, and you've benefited from it.