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guivres

guivres is the plural of guivre.

Meaning of guivre

Noun

guivre (plural guivres)

  1. A serpentine creature, variously one with no limbs (like a simple snake, but often depicted swallowing someone), or with wings and only two legs (a wyvern).
    • The guivre / The legless and wingless guivre would have seemed a mere serpent, albeit an immensely powerful one, except for its massive dragon head, horned and bearded. Guivres liked to live in forests and wells—anywhere near water[…]1984, Dragons, Time Life Medical

Questions about guivres

What is guivres the plural of?
Guivres is the plural of guivre.

Words near guivres in the dictionary

  1. Guity
  2. Guitys
  3. Guiuan
  4. Guiver
  5. guivre
  6. guivres
  7. Guixi
  8. Guixian
  9. Guiyang
  10. Guiyu
  11. Guizar

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