dragon

drag·on  (drgn)

n.

1. A mythical monster traditionally represented as a gigantic reptile having a lion's claws, the tail of a serpent, wings, and a scaly skin.

2.

a. A fiercely vigilant or intractable person.

b. Something very formidable or dangerous.

3. Any of various lizards, such as the Komodo dragon or the flying lizard.

4. Archaic A large snake or serpent.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin drac, dracn-, large serpent, from Greek drakn; see derk- in Indo-European roots.]

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dragon

Noun

1. a mythical monster that resembles a large fire-breathing lizard

2. Informal a fierce woman

3. chase the dragon Slang to smoke opium or heroin [Greek drakōn]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	dragon - a creature of Teutonic mythology; usually represented as breathing fire and having a reptilian body and sometimes wings firedrake mythical creature, mythical monster - a monster renowned in folklore and myth wivern, wyvern - a fire-breathing dragon used in medieval heraldry; had the head of a dragon and the tail of a snake and a body with wings and two legs
	2.	dragon - a fiercely vigilant and unpleasant woman tartar disagreeable woman, unpleasant woman - a woman who is an unpleasant person
	3.	Dragon - a faint constellation twisting around the north celestial pole and lying between Ursa Major and Cepheus Draco
	4.	dragon - any of several small tropical Asian lizards capable of gliding by spreading winglike membranes on each side of the body flying dragon, flying lizard agamid, agamid lizard - a lizard of the family Agamidae genus Draco, Draco - a reptile genus known as flying dragons or flying lizards

Translations

dragon [ˈdrægən] n → dragón m

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dragon [ˈdrægn] n → dragon m

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dragon [ˈdrægn] n → Drache m

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dragon [ˈdrægən] n → drago