draconcopedes
draconcopedes noun: a legendary being with a human head, and sometimes also human arms and a torso, and the rest of the body of a snake.
Noun
draconcopedes (plural draconcopedes)
- A legendary being with a human head, and sometimes also human arms and a torso, and the rest of the body of a snake.
- For old acquaintance-sake we have stopped some little time with the dragon, before passing on to the Draconcopedes. This is the serpent with a woman’s head that tempted Eve.1855 September 22, “Supernatural Zoology”, in Household Words, volume 12, page 188
- In some European Garden of Eden tales, the woman and the serpent are hybridized into a creature referred to as a draconcopedes.2009, Peter Metevelis, Japanese Mythology and the Primeval World: A Comparative Symbolic Approach, →ISBN, page 39
Forms of draconcopedes
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Origin of draconcopedes
From Medieval Latin dracontopedis, draconcopedis, from Ancient Greek δράκων (drákōn, “serpent”) + πούς (poús, “foot, leg”).
Questions about draconcopedes
- What does draconcopedes mean?
- Draconcopedes means a legendary being with a human head, and sometimes also human arms and a torso, and the rest of the body of a snake.
- What part of speech is draconcopedes?
- Draconcopedes is a noun.
- What is the plural of draconcopedes?
- The plural of draconcopedes is draconcopedes.
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