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Dragons are large and powerful mythological creatures that appear 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
- Green Peafowl (Pavo muticus), nicknamed Dragonbird, an endangered species of Peafowl
- Various genera of Australian lizards: Amphibolurus, Caimanops, Chelosania, Cryptagama, Ctenophorus, Diporiphora, Hypsilurus, Lophognathus, Physignathus, Pogona, Tympanocryptis
[edit] Plants
- Dragon Spruce (Picea asperata), a medium-sized evergreen tree
- Dracaena (plant), a genus known as dragon trees
- Snapdragon (Antirrhinum majus), a small annual flowering plant
- Tarragon (Artemisia dracunculus), a perennial herb sometimes known as dragon
[edit] Culture & arts
- Dragon (zodiac), a sign in the Chinese zodiac
- 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 (TV series), a children's animated show based on the character created by Dav Pilkey
- Dragon (fantasy series), a tetralogy of fantasy novels by Laurence Yep
- Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story, a fictionalized biographical film about Bruce Lee
- "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, released in Europe as The Last Dragon
- Dragon Records (founded 1975), a Swedish Jazz record label
- Dragon: the Old Potter's Tale, a short story by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
- Dragon (magazine), a magazine for Dungeons & Dragons players
- Snap-dragon (game), a parlour game popular from the 16th to 19th centuries
- Double Dragon, a classic beat 'em up video game
- Dragon Quest, a series of role playing video games created by Enix
- DragonQuest, a fantasy role-playing game originally published by Simulations Publications in 1980
- Sicilian Defence, Dragon Variation, an opening sequence in chess
- Dragon tiles, the red, green and white Mahjong honor tiles representing Chinese dragons
- Dragon weapon from the video game Perfect Dark for Nintendo 64
- DragonFable, the companion to AdventureQuest
- A type of Pokémon in the Pokémon games: see Dragon-type Pokémon
- A version of the video games Megaman Star Force, which is Gamestop exclusive
- The Dagger of Xi'an gives the power for it's user to become a Dragon. The "Dagger" is from Tomb Raider 2
- 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 Dragons, Australian rugby league team
- 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
- MSUM Dragons, Mascot of the Minnesota State University Moorhead sports teams
- Dublin Dragons, an American Football team playing in Dublin, Ireland
- New York Dragons, an American Arena Football League team.
[edit] Vehicles
- Dragon (rocket), a two-stage French sounding rocket
- HMS Dragon, one of several British Royal Navy ships
- SpaceX Dragon, a conventional blunt-cone ballistic capsule spacecraft
- B-23 Dragon, a twin-engined bomber developed by Douglas Aircraft Company
- de Havilland Dragon, wooden biplane with twin engines designed as an airliner
- de Havilland Dragon Rapide, its successor
- Dennis Dragon, a 3-axle double decker bus manufactured by Dennis Specialist Vehicles
- Dragon (1848–1872), a GWR Iron Duke Class steam locomotive
- Dragon (1873–1892), one of the ten South Devon Railway Buffalo class steam locomotives
- Dragon (1880–1892), a GWR Rover class steam locomotive
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[edit] People
- Vlad II Dracul (cca. 1390–1447), or Vlad II the Dragon, a voivode (prince) of Wallachia
- Vlad III the Impaler (1431–1476), or Vlad Dracula, his son
- Justin Dragon (born 1976), a pornographic actor from the United States
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[edit] Dragons in Fiction
- See also List of 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
- Krayt dragon, a large carnivorous reptile native to Tatooine in the Star Wars universe
- Luckdragon, featured in Michael Ende's novel The Neverending Story
- Monkey D. Dragon, a fictional character in the anime and manga One Piece
- Savage Dragon, or simply "the Dragon", a fictional Image Comics superhero
- Swamp dragon (Draco vulgaris), featured in Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels
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