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Another mythical creature that is similar to the wyvern is the cockatrice. Variants of the wyvern include the sea-wyvern, which has a fish-like tail, and the Lindworm, which either has no legs (commonly) or no wings.
Wyverns are also featured in many fantasy settings. In Dungeons & Dragons, wyverns have a poisonous tail stinger.
'Wyvern' is also a term used in Herefordshire and Worcestershire to unite the two main cities, as the rivers Wye and Severn run through Hereford and Worcester respectively. For example, one of the local radio stations is called Wyvern FM, and its first logo in 1982 featured a Wyvern dragon.
'Wyvern' is also an online game.
There are also Wyverns in the Nintendo, video game series Fire Emblem as a flying unit. The units are called Wyvern Rider and Wyvern Lord, where the humans ride on small, four legged, winged reptiles.
The Wyvern is also featured in the famous japanese anime series "Saint Seiya: The Hades Chapter" by Masami Kurumada, as a majestuous body armor protecting a proud, sharp and extremely strong warrior named Radamanthys. When not worn by its master the armor takes the shape of a Wyvern.
