| English noun: dragon | |||
| 1. | dragon (person) a creature of Teutonic mythology; usually represented as breathing fire and having a reptilian body and sometimes wings | ||
| Synonyms | firedrake | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | mythical creature, mythical monster | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | wivern, wyvern | ||
| Instance hyponym | Fafnir | ||
| 2. | dragon (person) a fiercely vigilant and unpleasant woman | ||
| Synonyms | tartar | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | disagreeable woman, unpleasant woman | ||
| 3. | Dragon (object) a faint constellation twisting around the north celestial pole and lying between Ursa Major and Cepheus | ||
| Synonyms | Draco | ||
| Instance hypernym | constellation | ||
| 4. | dragon (animal) any of several small tropical Asian lizards capable of gliding by spreading winglike membranes on each side of the body | ||
| Synonyms | flying dragon, flying lizard | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | agamid, agamid lizard | ||
| Member meronym | Draco, genus Draco | ||