Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One of the ancient northern constellations, the Dragon.
- noun [lowercase] Aluminous exhalation from marshy grounds.
- noun A genus of old-world acrodont lizards, of the family Agamidœ, having a parachute formed of the integument stretched over extended hinder ribs, by means of which the animal protracts its leaps into a kind of flight. Draco volans, of the Malay peninsula, is the common flying-lizard or dragon. See
dragon , 2.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Astron.) The Dragon, a northern constellation within which is the north pole of the ecliptic.
- noun A luminous exhalation from marshy grounds.
- noun (Zoöl.) A genus of lizards. See
Dragon , 6.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Agamidae —gliding lizards from SoutheastAsia . - proper noun astronomy A
circumpolar constellation of thenorthern sky, said to resemble adragon . It features a line of stars (includingThuban ) that winds betweenUrsa Major andUrsa Minor . - proper noun The name of an
Athenian lawgiver , known for theseverity of his laws. - proper noun Greek mythology One of Actaeon's
hounds .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a faint constellation twisting around the north celestial pole and lying between Ursa Major and Cepheus
- noun a reptile genus known as flying dragons or flying lizards
- noun Athenian lawmaker whose code of laws prescribed death for almost every offense (circa 7th century BC)
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word Draco.
Examples
-
So it is appropriate that the word "Draco" has been appropriated by the inventor of the first antiviral treatment that promises to work against all viruses.
-
(Harry Draco is more the done thing.) 11: 36 PM, November 27, 2008
-
“Draco is a body man to the princess and a former warrior who’s heading toward retirement,” says Mads Mikkelsen, who plays the part.
-
Mads’s (character) Draco is the complete opposite of me, the foil, he’s the leader of these guys who want to protect the Princess and gets a little teenage upstart who believes he can do anything, ’cause he’s on a revenge mission and he’s got nothing to lose.
Sam Worthington On Set Interview CLASH OF THE TITANS – Collider.com
-
But if these stories are important and Tell Us Something, aren’t the stories where Draco is a girl (and follows all the female/feminine stereotypes) also important and tells us something?
-
But if these stories are important and Tell Us Something, aren’t the stories where Draco is a girl (and follows all the female/feminine stereotypes) also important and tells us something?
-
Vesta Corporation is now in the public eye while it builds the spaceship Draco, which is the one hope Earth has against being conquered by the terrifying Tribes.
-
Vesta Corporation is now in the public eye while it builds the spaceship Draco, which is the one hope Earth has against being conquered by the terrifying Tribes.
-
If she'd actually called Draco's bluff and gone back to Myros ...
-
If she'd actually called Draco's bluff and gone back to Myros ...
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.