draconcopedis

Meaning

1. Medieval Latinmasculinedraconcopedes, a legendary being with a human head and the body of a snake
   Draconcopedes serpentes magni sunt et potentes: facies virgineas habentes humanis similes, in draconum corpus desinentes.The draconcopedes are big and powerful: they have human maidenly faces, ending with the body of serpents.c. 1200, Vincent of Beauvais, “Speculum naturale - Liber vicesimus”, in Speculum maius, page 249:
   Draconcopodes dicunt Graeci serpentem magnum de ordine tertio et genere draconum quem dicunt vultum virgineum imberbis hominis habereThe draconcopedes are what the Greeks call a large serpent of the third class and of the dragon genus which, they say, has the maidenly face of an unbearded manc. 1200, Albertus Magnus, “Liber XXV de natura serpentum”, in De animalibus:

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Origins

By assimilation from dracontopedes, from Ancient Greek δράκων (drákōn, “serpent”) + πούς (poús, “foot, leg”).