Can Drakes have wings?

Dragons are larger than drakes, but smaller than wyverns. Dragons have a longer body and throat than drakes. Wyverns are four-limb creatures (one pair of legs and one pair of wings), drakes are six-limb creatures just like the dragon (one pair of wings and two pair of legs).
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Are Drakes wingless dragons?

The word drake is sometimes used synonymous to dragon, but it could also mean a specific kind of dragon. There are different opinions on what a drake is: Any kind of wingless, four-legged dragon.
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Whats the difference between a drake and a dragon?

By and large, the difference between drakes and dragons is that dragons have wings in addition to their limbs, while drakes have one set of their limbs replaced by their wings, like birds or bats.
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What is a dragon with wings called?

A wyvern is typically depicted resting upon its legs and tail, but may be depicted with its claws in the air and only supported by its tail.
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What is a dragon with no wings?

10. “Worm” is often used as a derogatory term to dragons, so be selective with its usage. 11. No wings, and usually no limbs.
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What is the difference between Drakes and wyverns?

Dragons are larger than drakes, but smaller than wyverns. Dragons have a longer body and throat than drakes. Wyverns are four-limb creatures (one pair of legs and one pair of wings), drakes are six-limb creatures just like the dragon (one pair of wings and two pair of legs).
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Is wyvern stronger than dragon?

Wyverns are not as powerful as ancient dragons, but I still think they're pretty cool. They're fast, and I feel like that would make them fun to ride.
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What is a fire Drake?

Definition of firedrake

: a fire-breathing dragon especially in Germanic mythology.
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Can dragons fly in real life?

Flying "dragons" exist today and in the fossil record. They are not merely fantasy beasts. While wingless dragons wouldn't fly in the strict sense of the term, they could glide long distances without violating any laws of physics. Fire-breathing is unknown in the animal kingdom, but is theoretically possible.
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Is a hydra a dragon?

The hydra is a multiheaded dragon, with anywhere between 3 to 7 heads recorded, but there are rumors of them having many more. It is the only dragon that reproduces by splitting its head. It is also one of the only dragons with only two legs and two useless wings.
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Do dragons have wings?

Some dragons have wings; others don't. Some dragons can speak or breathe fire; others can't. Some are only a few feet long; others span miles. Some dragons live in palaces under the ocean, while others can only be found in caves and inside mountains, such as Smaug in JRR Tolkein's "The Hobbit (opens in new tab)."
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Did dragons exist?

Chinese scholars have classified the dragon as one of the 369 animal species with scales. Long before the development of paleontology, people unearthed fossilized bones in Asia and Europe--and believed they had found the remains of dragons from an earlier age.
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Are Drakes dragons?

Drakes were draconic creatures, distant and lesser cousins to true dragons. They were smaller and not as powerful as dragons but were much easier to train, so they were commonly used as mounts. They were often used as guards by dragons, or they were given to the dragons' humanoid servants.
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Is a basilisk a dragon?

The Basilisk's(Draco basilikos) status as a dragon is arguable, as some think it a psuedo-dragon while others believe it to be mythical. It's based on the mythical Basilisk.
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Is Smaug a dragon or a wyvern?

Smaug is clearly described as being a “dragon,” but his on-screen self is depicted with wyvern-like characteristics. George R.R. Martin was certainly aware of the difference between the two when he conjured up Westeros' fauna.
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Is Smaug a Drake?

We have now established that wyverns are a type of dragon and i was actually mistaking the overarching term of "dragon" as the more specific term "drake" which is the four-legged type of dragon i was referring to. Thus, calling Smaug a dragon is not incorrect since a wyvern is a type of dragon.
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Did fire-breathing dragons exist?

Despite there being no known examples of organisms capable of breathing fire the concept of dragons as flame-spewing mythical creatures is well known across the world. It would be reasonable to expect that like most legendary beasts, the myth of the dragon was inspired by the natural world.
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Do dragons exist in 2020?

Komodo dragons are living, breathing dragons, even if they don't breathe fire. But that doesn't mean they aren't really cool—and fierce—reptiles. Komodo dragons are the largest of lizards, and there are 3,000 kinds of those! They live on only five islands in southeastern Indonesia.
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Can any animal breathe fire?

Unfortunately, no documented animal has the ability to breathe fire, but there is one group of animals that is widely accepted as those that come closest to doing so: bombardier beetles.
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What is a cold Drake?

Cold-drakes were dragons that could not breathe fire. Morgoth bred and used cold-drakes in the First Age. After the War of Wrath, some cold-drakes were found in the waste north of the the Grey Mountains.
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Was Smaug the last fire Drake?

Tolkien confirmed in a letter that Smaug was the last of his kind, the last of the "great" fire-drakes of Middle-earth. Dragons of lesser stature, such as smaller kin of Cold-drakes and fire-drakes lived on. This was also mentioned by Gandalf.
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Is ghidorah a wyvern?

King Ghidorah is an alien three-headed wyvern who is the arch nemesis of Godzilla. He breathes electric Gravity Beams and is a very deadly foe. He's other names are Monster Zero and The One Who is Many.
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Is Stormfly a wyvern?

So Stormfly isn't actually a dragon. She's a wyvern.
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What do they call a female dragon?

In Greek mythology, a drakaina (Ancient Greek: δράκαινα) is a female serpent or dragon, sometimes with humanlike features.
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