Wiver

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Wiver \Wiv"er\, Wivern \Wiv"ern\, n. [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}.]
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     1. (Her.) A fabulous two-legged, winged creature, like a


        cockatrice, but having the head of a dragon, and without
        spurs. [Written also {wyvern}.]
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              The jargon of heraldry, its griffins, its mold
              warps, its wiverns, and its dragons.  --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
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     2. (Zool.) The weever.
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