Draconcopedes

Quick meaning: Draconcopedes is a noun meaning (mediaeval folklore) A legendary being with a human head, and sometimes also human arms and a torso, and the rest of the body of a snake.

Meaning

(mediaeval folklore) A legendary being with a human head, and sometimes also human arms and a torso, and the rest of the body of a snake.

Example Sentences

In some European Garden of Eden tales, the woman and the serpent are hybridized into a creature referred to as a draconcopedes.

In medieval European folklore the draconcopedes were a species of serpent said to have the body of a snake with the face and breasts of a woman […]

For old acquaintance-sake we have stopped some little time with the dragon, before passing on to the Draconcopedes. This is the serpent with a woman’s head that tempted Eve.

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