wivern Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a fire-breathing dragon used in medieval heraldry; had the head of a dragon and the tail of a snake and a body with wings and two legs
    wyvern.

WordNet

Wiv"er, Wiv"ern noun (Also<
  • Wiver
  • Wivern
)
Etymology
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.
Definitions
  1. (Her.) 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.) The weever.

Webster 1913