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Noun: Draco  drey-kow
  1. Athenian lawmaker whose code of laws prescribed death for almost every offence (circa 7th century BC)
     
  2. A faint constellation twisting around the North Celestial Pole and lying between Ursa Major and Cepheus
    - Dragon
     
  3. A reptile genus known as flying dragons or flying lizards
    - genus Draco

Type of: Athenian, constellation, lawgiver, lawmaker, reptile genus

Part of: Agamidae, family Agamidae

Encyclopedia: Draco