English

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Etymology

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From ice +‎ drake.

Noun

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icedrake (plural icedrakes)

  1. (fantasy) A dragon which breathes ice or has a freezing body temperature.
    • 1987, Peter Morwood, The Dragon Lord, Daw Books, →ISBN, page 38:
      Rearing back its awesome spined and crested head, the icedrake roared — in challenge, maybe, or in scorn of the little scraps of humankind who cowered beneath the shadow of its wings []
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:icedrake.