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Dragons are large and powerful mythological creatures that appears throughout the world's cultures. The term also identifies any of a number of large lizards.
[edit] Mythological dragons
[edit] Animals
- Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis), the largest living lizard in the world
- Bearded Dragon, the common name for any agamid lizard in the genus Pogona
- Australian Water Dragon (Physignathus lesueurii), an arboreal agamid native to Eastern Australia
- Dragonfly, a flying insect of the order Odonata, infraorder Anisoptera
- Military Dragon, a lizard Ctenophorus isolepis gularis or Ctenophorus maculatus.
- Lake Eyre Dragon, a lizard Ctenophorus maculosus which lives on salt pans in Australia.
- See http://www.kingsnake.com/oz/lizards/agamids/agamids.htm for a list of Australian lizards called "dragons". These are in the genera Amphibolurus, Caimanops, Chelosania, Cryptagama, Ctenophorus, Diporiphora, Hypsilurus, Lophognathus, Physignathus, Pogona, Tympanocryptis.
- Dragonbird Pavo muticus, nicknamed Dragon, an endangered species of Peafowl. More commonly known as the Green Peafowl. The taxonomy of is disputed and the term "Dragonbird" could apply to more than one species (if there is).
[edit] Fictional dragons
- Dragon (Middle-earth), featured J. R. R. Tolkien's universe of Middle-earth
- Dragon (Wheel of Time), featured in Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time fantasy series
- Dragon (Dungeons & Dragons), featured in the Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) role-playing game
- Dragons (Dragon Prince), featured in Melanie Rawn's Dragon Prince series
- Dragons (Pern), featured in Anne McCaffery's Dragonriders of Pern series
- Dragon (Shrek), featured in the Shrek film series
- Sheng Long, the main dragon from the Dragon Ball universe
- Jake Long, featured in the Disney annimated series American Dragon Jake Long
- Swamp dragon (draco vulgaris), featured in Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels
- Luckdragon, featured in Michael Ende's novel The Neverending Story
- Krayt dragon, a large carnivorous reptile native to Tatooine in the Star Wars universe
- Puff, the Magic Dragon a song made popular by the group Peter, Paul and Mary
- American Dragon: Jake Long
[edit] Culture & arts
- Dragon (zodiac), a sign in the Chinese zodiac
- Dragon dance, a traditional dance in Chinese culture
- Dragon (band), a New Zealand/Australian rock band
- Dragon (album), an album by ukelele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro
- Dragon (novel), an adventure novel by Clive Cussler
- Dragon (Steven Brust novel), a fantasy novel by Steven Brust
- Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story, a fictionalized biographical film about Bruce Lee
- The Dragon, a poem by the Iraqi poet Abd al-Wahhab Al-Bayyati
- Dragon Man, a supervillain in the fictional Marvel Comics universe
- Dragoness (comics), a supervillain in the fictional Marvel Comics universe.
- Savage Dragon, or simply "the Dragon", a fictional Image Comics superhero
- Monkey D. Dragon, a fictional character in the anime and manga One Piece
- "Dragon", a song by The Sugarcubes from their 1988 album Life's Too Good
- Dragons: A Fantasy Made Real, a fictional documentary depicting dragons as real
- Dragon has been the name of several record labels:
- Dragon boat, a a long and narrow boat used in the Chinese team paddling sport of Dragon boat racing
- Dragon (keelboat), a class of racing sailboats
- Newport Gwent Dragons, a rugby union team that plays in the Celtic League/Heineken Cup
- St George Illawarra Dragons, a team in the National Rugby League in Australia
- San Francisco Dragons, a Major League Lacrosse team based in California, United States
- Wales national rugby union team, nicknamed The Dragons
- Drexel Dragons, Drexel University's sport teams
- Welcoat Dragons, a team in the Philippine Basketball Association
- Chunichi Dragons, a Japanese baseball team
[edit] Plants
- Dragon Spruce (Picea asperata), a medium-sized evergreen tree
- Dracaena (plant), a genus known as Dragon trees
- Dragon's blood, the tree's resin, once believed to be powerful in magic and alchemy
- Dragonfruit, the fruit of the pitaya (Hylocereus) cactus
- Snapdragon (Antirrhinum majus), a small annual flowering plant
- Tarragon (Artemisia dracunculus), a perennial herb sometimes known as dragon
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[edit] Other uses
- Draco (constellation)
- Dragon School, a renowned British preparatory school in Oxford, named after their rugby team, "The Dragons"
- The Dragon Academy, a small, private high school in Toronto, Ontario
- M47 Dragon, an American shoulder-fired anti-tank missile system
- Vlad II Dracul (cca. 1390–1447), or Vlad II the Dragon, a voivode (prince) of Wallachia
- Dragon Models Limited, a Hong Kong based manufacturer of plastic model kits and military figures
- Justin Dragon (porn star) (born 1976), a pornographic actor from the United States
- The Dragon (road) - a stretch of US 129 at the North Carolina/Tennessee border in the United States
- A dragon can also be slang for a spliff or cannabis pipe.
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