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Is there a generally accepted family name for dragons, wyverns, wyrms, drakes, etc.?

Question #148399. Asked by NovaLuna.
Last updated Apr 12 2021.
Originally posted Apr 12 2021 7:29 AM.

elburcher

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elburcher

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I believe "Dragon" Covers it, Dragon is sort of a generic term...
Wyvern's are a type of Dragon as are Drakes both Fire and Cold.(Drakes(such as Smaug) come from Tolkien's Middle Earth).
In fantasy there are colored (e.g. red, green, blue) and metallic (e.g. Platinum, Gold, Silver).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyvern

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wyrm

https://dungeons.fandom.com/wiki/DnDWiki:Dragon

Apr 12 2021, 11:31 AM

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