Citations:icedrake

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English citations of icedrake

Noun: "(fantasy) a dragon which breathes ice or has a freezing body temperature"[edit]

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  • 1987 — Peter Morwood, The Dragon Lord, Daw Books (1987), →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 []
  • 1989 — Thorearinn Gunnarsson, Revenge of the Valkyrie, Ace Books (1989), →ISBN, page 2:
    Thus, by her command, the spirit of Fafnir was restored to life in the form of a mighty icedrake, []
  • 1989 — Richard A. Knaak, Ice Dragon, in Legends of the Dragonrealm [three-novel omnibus], Pocket Books (2009), →ISBN, page 322:
    Things grew even more puzzling when the four icedrakes marched forward and up the crumbling steps of the ruined Seeker structure.
  • 2004 — Mercedes Lackey & James Mallory, To Light a Candle, Tor Books (2004), →ISBN, pages 492-493:
    In the Haunted Places there are tracks upon the ground as if of giant serpents — you remember the songs I taught you as a child, Atroist, of the icedrake whose body is colder than the coldest ice, and whose breath is poison?