Draco

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Draco commonly refers to:

• Draco is the Latin word for dragon.
• From the name "Draco" comes the word "draconian"

Draco may also refer to:

Science and technology

• DRACO (antiviral), a group of experimental antiviral drugs
• Draco (constellation), a constellation in the northern part of the sky
• Draco (dwarf galaxy), a dwarf galaxy orbiting the Milky Way
• Draco (genus), a genus of gliding lizards.
• Draco (programming language), a shareware programming language for CP/M and the Amiga
• Draco (rocket engine), an orbital maneuvering thruster being built for the SpaceX Dragon and upper stage of the Falcon 9 spacecraft
• Draco, the database engine used by FileMaker Pro
• DraCo, a partly Amiga compatible computer built by MacroSystem AG
• Draco GNU/Linux, a Linux distribution
• Draco, name given by the U.S. cable channel The Weather Channel to the December 2012 North American blizzard

History

• Dacian Draco, a Dacian military standard composed of a wolf head and snake tail
• Draco (lawgiver) (from Greek: Δράκων), the first lawgiver of ancient Athens, Greece, from whom the term draconian is derived
• Draco (physician) (from Greek: Δράκων), the name of several physicians in the family of Hippocrates
• Draco (military standard), a Roman cavalry military standard in the shape of a dragon, adopted after the Dacian Wars

Literature, film, and television

• Draco Malfoy, a character in the Harry Potter series of books and movies
• Draco, the name of the last dragon in the film Dragonheart.
• Draco, a warlord character in the television series Xena: Warrior Princess
• Antares Draco, an Imperial Knight from Star Wars: Legacy
• Jaq Draco, an Inquisitor who is the protagonist of Ian Watson's Inquisition War Trilogy

Games

• Draco-Hedron Ovinxer, the destructive dragon form of Ovinxer and the final boss of the game Gun Nac
• Draco Centauros, a dragon-like humanoid from the Puyo Puyo video game series
• Draco, a 9/9 Artifact Dragon from the card game Magic: The Gathering
• Draco, a character in the fictional opera The Dream Oath: Maria and Draco in Final Fantasy VI
• Draco, a black dragon found in the Kasumanium Mines in Dark Ages (computer game)

Other uses

• Draco Boats, Manufactured in Flekkefjord, Norway in the 70's and 80's
• Draco, a supposed reptilian alien race that has been purported to exist by certain UFO conspiracy theorists
• Draco Racing, a motorsports team
• Draco Rosa, a Puerto Rican songwriter and former member of Puerto Rican boy band Menudo
• A guitar built by BC Rich guitars. It has a cutaway V body with Rockfield or Duncan pickups.
• A Romanian-made shortened pistol version of the AKM assault rifle

See also

• Drago (disambiguation)

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