Definizione monolingua

dragon

dragon (plural dragons)

1. A legendary, serpentine or reptilian creature.
   1. (Western) 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.
      • circa 1900, Edith Nesbit, 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.

   2. (Eastern) A large, snake-like monster with the eyes of a hare, the horns of a stag and the claws of a tiger, usually beneficent
      • 1913, Sax Rohmer, 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.

Definizione dizionario dragon

	drago
	mythical creature
	A mythical creature typically depicted as a large horned serpent (Asia) or a winged, fire-breathing reptile (Europe), with magical or spiritual qualities.

	dragone
	mythical creature

	viverna
	mythical creature

dragon

dragoncello

Altri significati:

pejorative: unpleasant woman

(pejorative) An unpleasant woman; a harridan.

(astronomy, with definite article, often capitalized) The constellation Draco.

(zoology) An animal of various species that resemble a dragon in appearance:

(figuratively) Something very formidable or dangerous.

(with definite article, often capitalized) The (historical) Chinese empire or the People's Republic of China.

A legendary, serpentine or reptilian creature.

dragon (as depicted in Western myths)