Category:Wiver

Wiv"er, wiv"ern, n. Etym: [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.]

1. (her.)

Defn: a fabulous two-legged, winged creature, like a cockatrice, but Having the head of a dragon, and without spurs. [written also Wyvern.] The jargon of heraldry, its griffins, its mold warps, its wiverns, And its dragons. Sir w. Scott.

2. (zoöl.)

Defn: the weever.