1
archaic
: a huge serpent
2
: a mythical animal usually represented as a monstrous winged and scaly serpent or saurian with a crested head and enormous claws
3
: a violent, combative, or very strict person
4
capitalized
: draco
5
: something or someone formidable or baneful
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Their unlikely bond reveals the true nature of dragons, challenging the very foundations of Viking society.
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Billie Melissa, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 July 2025
Other organisms often said to be living fossils are ginkgo trees, horseshoe crabs, komodo dragons, and even cockroaches.
—Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 18 July 2025
On the show, dragons are powerful but dangerous creatures—in Daenerys’s case, two of them proved to be too uncontrollable for even her—the mother of dragons herself—to fully manage.
—Aytekin Tank, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
The dragons were crucial for the household’s safety.
—Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic, 7 July 2025
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Billie Melissa, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 July 2025
Other organisms often said to be living fossils are ginkgo trees, horseshoe crabs, komodo dragons, and even cockroaches.
—Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 18 July 2025
On the show, dragons are powerful but dangerous creatures—in Daenerys’s case, two of them proved to be too uncontrollable for even her—the mother of dragons herself—to fully manage.
—Aytekin Tank, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
The dragons were crucial for the household’s safety.
—Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic, 7 July 2025
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“Dragon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dragon. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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Middle English dragon "dragon," from early French dragun (same meaning), from Latin dracon-, draco "serpent, dragon," from Greek drakōn "serpent" — related to rankle
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