dragon

dragon

1. lohikäärme

Liittyvät sanat: wyvern

Synonyymisanakirja

dragon

agamidi, agamid-lisko, lentoliskot, Draco-suku, liitolisko, tähtikuvio, tähdistö, Draco, Lohikäärme, myyttinen hirviö, taruolento, lohikäärme, Fafnir.

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Englannin sanakirja

dragon (englanti > suomi)

1. lohikäärme

dragon englanniksi

1. A legendary serpentine or reptilian creature.

2. In Western mythology, a gigantic beast, typically reptilian with leathery bat-like wings, lion-like claws, scaly skin and a serpent-like body, often a monster with fiery breath.

3. (circa) (w), s:The Last of the Dragons|The Last of the Dragons:

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.

4. In Eastern mythology, a large, snake-like monster with the eyes of a hare, the horns of a stag and the claws of a tiger, usually beneficent.

5. 1913, (w), s:The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu|The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu, chapter XIII:

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.

6. A heraldic representation of such a beast used as a charge or as a supporter; as in the arms of Wales.

7. An animal of various species that resemble a dragon in appearance:

8. puhekieltä A very large snake; a python.

9. Any of various agamid lizards of the genera Draco, Physignathus or (taxlink).

10. A Komodo dragon.

11. puhekieltä The constellation Draco.

12. 1605, (w), s:The Tragedy of King Lear|King Lear, Act I, Scene 2:

My father compounded with my mother vnder the Dragons taile, and my nativity was vnder Vrsa Maior.

13. puhekieltä An unpleasant woman; a harridan.

She’s a bit of a dragon.

14. puhekieltä The (historical) Chinese empire or the People's Republic of China.

Napoleon already warned of the awakening of the Dragon.

15. puhekieltä Something very formidable or dangerous.

16. A luminous exhalation from marshy ground, seeming to move through the air like a winged serpent.

17. puhekieltä 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.

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18. A variety of carrier pigeon.

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