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chinese dragonnoun(mythology) A legendary creature, usually depicted as long and snake-like, with many claws, common in several East Asian cultures.
manticorenoun(Greek mythology) A beast with the body of a lion (usually red), the tail of a scorpion, and the head/face of a man with a mouth filled with multiple rows of sharp teeth (like a shark), said to be able to shoot spikes from its tail or mane to paralyse prey. It may be horned, winged, or both; its voice is described as a mixture of pipes and trumpets.
wyrmnoun(mythology, fantasy) A huge limbless and wingless dragon or dragonlike creature.
dragonnounA legendary serpentine or reptilian creature.
draconcopedesnoun(mediaeval folklore) A legendary being with a human head, and sometimes also human arms and a torso, and the rest of the body of a snake.
manticoranounAny of various tiger beetles of genus Manticora.
werecrocodilenoun(fiction) A shapeshifter who can assume the form of a crocodile.
scorpioidnounA scorpion-like creature.
hircocervusnoun(mythology) A mythical creature, half goat, half stag.
leucrotanoun(mythology) The offspring of a crocotta and a lion, supposed to be able to imitate the sound of a human voice.
leucrocottanounAlternative form of leucrota. [(mythology) The offspring of a crocotta and a lion, supposed to be able to imitate the sound of a human voice.]
lacertineLizard-like; lacertian.
corocottanounAlternative spelling of crocotta. [A mythical dog-wolf of India or Ethiopia, said to be a deadly enemy of men and dogs and able to imitate the voice of any animal or human.]
vrocknoun(fantasy) A humanoid demon with the head, claws, and wings of a giant vulture.
hieracosphinxnounA mythical beast found in Egyptian sculpture and European heraldry, being a lion with the head of a falcon.
luck dragonnounA fictitious flying dragon with a giant, elongated, wingless body and commonly a canine head, unfailing in its serendipity.
river-dragonnoun(obsolete, rare) A crocodile (Crocodilia spp.).
crotaloidnoun(zoology) Resembling the genus Crotalus of venomous snakes, including the rattlesnake.
catoblepasnounA legendary creature from Ethiopia, said to have the body of a Cape buffalo, scales on its back, and the head of a wild boar, which always points downward because of its weight.
werewildcatnoun(mythology) A person who is transformed or can transform into a wildcat or a wildcat-like human.

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