MeaningOriginDescriptionOak KillerGreekDestroyer of ancient forestsA dragon would sayNelkats'ekh-orliterally forest · slay · -erchromatic dialectDragon Turtle
Name: Drakonis
MeaningOriginDescriptionDragonGreekAncient mighty creatureEtymologyGreek drákōn (δράκων, "serpent, dragon", from dérkesthai, "to see clearly") with a Latinate -is ending; no attested form.Say itdruh-KOH-nisThe Greek root means the sharp-sighted one, and the eyes of this type work in the dark of the abyssal plain, where nothing else with eyes hunts.A dragon would sayKhathliterally dragoncore DraconicGreen Chromatic Dragon
MeaningOriginDescriptionDragonRomanianForest terrorA dragon would sayKhathliterally dragonchromatic dialectRed Chromatic Dragon
Name: Drakonox
MeaningOriginDescriptionDragon KingGreek/CustomSupreme ruler of the peaksA dragon would sayKhathkharthliterally dragon · sovereignchromatic dialectRed Chromatic Dragon
Name: Dominus
MeaningOriginDescriptionLordLatinSupreme ruler of territoriesA dragon would sayTorkliterally lordchromatic dialectRed Chromatic Dragon
MeaningOriginDescriptionHolding the GoodPersianWealthy in knowledge and storiesEtymologyOld Persian Dārayavahuš, from dāraya- ("holding, possessing") + vahu- ("good"); Greek Dareîos.Say itdah-RY-usA hoard name in practice; the field description's exceptional memory means a brass adult holds every story it has been told and gives them out as carefully as coin.A dragon would sayKozreshliterally take · goodmetallic dialectFire Dragon
Name: Dante
MeaningOriginDescriptionEnduringItalianResilient dragon with eternal flamesEtymologyItalian Dante, a short form of Durante ("enduring"), from Latin dūrāns; the poet whose Inferno fixed the picture of hellfire.Say itDAHN-tayA life expectancy of 800 to 1000 years is the archive's definition of enduring; the oldest known adult was already old when the 1742 party sketched it.A dragon would sayNokhmorkhliterally not · diecore DraconicBrass Metallic Dragon
Name: Dinar
MeaningOriginDescriptionCoinArabicThe gold coin of the caravan roadsEtymologyArabic dīnār (دينار), from Latin dēnārius ("containing ten"), the Roman silver coin whose name travelled east with trade.Say itdee-NARThe coin the caravans carried through brass country; the survey's lair inventories list them in quantity, and every one was talked out of its owner.A dragon would sayDroshliterally hoardmetallic dialectCopper Metallic Dragon
Name: Daedalus
MeaningOriginDescriptionCunning CraftsmanGreekRepresents the dragon's inventive natureEtymologyGreek Daídalos (Δαίδαλος), from daidállein ("to work cunningly"); the mythical craftsman of the Labyrinth and the wings.Say itDED-uh-lusThe lair plans the description records, tunnel systems with several entrances that read as chaos to outsiders, are the reason the Labyrinth's builder lends the type its oldest Greek name.A dragon would sayShenkrev-orliterally know · make · -ermetallic dialectCopper Metallic Dragon
Name: Draken
MeaningOriginDescriptionThe DragonSwedishDirect reference to speciesEtymologySwedish and Danish draken ("the dragon"), the definite form of drake, from Latin dracō; also the Dutch plural.Say itDRAH-kenThe Scandinavian word with its article attached; the Norwegian coastal teams use it for the single copper on their books, as if there could be no other.A dragon would sayKhathliterally dragonmetallic dialectCopper Metallic Dragon
Name: Dromos
MeaningOriginDescriptionRunningGreekSwift movementEtymologyGreek drómos (δρόμος, "a running, race, course"), from dramein ("to run"); the runner is dromeús.Say itDROH-mosGreek for a run; the description's climbing is a run up rock, four-legged and faster than the survey teams' rope work by an order of magnitude.A dragon would sayMerliterally gometallic dialectCopper Metallic Dragon
Name: Dexus
MeaningOriginDescriptionSkilled OneLatin-inspiredAbility referenceEtymologyCoined name; Latin dexter ("right-hand, skilful") clipped and given a -us ending Latin did not attach to it.Say itDEK-susA generic skill name; the station uses it for the engineering the lore records, the tunnel systems that keep a valley's springs running.A dragon would sayKrevliterally makemetallic dialectGold Metallic Dragon
Name: Dazhbog
MeaningOriginDescriptionGiving GodSlavicSlavic sun god, the giverEtymologyOld East Slavic Dažьbogъ, from dati ("to give") + bogъ ("god"); the sun god of the Kievan pantheon.Say itDAZH-bogThe sun as giver; the Dnieper accounts of a golden benefactor are read in the archive as an adult's distant patronage of a settlement, the advisory role the lore records.A dragon would sayDorthakhliterally give · godmetallic dialectSilver Metallic Dragon
Name: Dike
MeaningOriginDescriptionJusticeGreekGreek justice, who watches the courtsEtymologyGreek Díkē (Δίκη, "justice, right, judgement"), the goddess of justice and one of the Horae, from a root meaning "to point out".Say itDEE-kayGiven to the adult that the Cascades observers watched arbitrate between two villages from the treaty stele, without landing on either side of the river.A dragon would sayJethliterally good · commandmetallic dialectFaerie Dragon
Name: Dewdrake
MeaningOriginDescriptionDew DrakeEnglishA dragon that appears with the morning mistEtymologyEnglish compound of dew (Old English dēaw) + drake (Old English draca, from Latin dracō, "dragon").Say itDEW-draykThe species drinks by rolling in wet grass at first light; the teams that find dew tracks across a meadow before dawn usually find the drake within the hour.A dragon would sayShelneshkhathliterally water · new · dragoncore DraconicFaerie Dragon
Name: Dawnsprite
MeaningOriginDescriptionDawn SpriteEnglishA dragon that greets the first light of dayEtymologyEnglish compound of dawn (Old English dagung, "daybreak") + sprite (Old French esprit, from Latin spīritus, "breath, spirit").Say itDAWN-spryteThe dawn chorus in a faerie dragon wood includes a single chirp per individual at first light, the survey's simplest census method.A dragon would sayKelshcheknevliterally dawn · small · spiritcore DraconicFaerie Dragon
Name: Diwata
MeaningOriginDescriptionNature SpiritTagalogGuardian spirit of the Philippine forestsEtymologyTagalog diwata ("nature spirit, guardian of forest and mountain"), from Sanskrit devatā ("deity") through Malay dewata.Say itdee-WAH-tahThe forest guardians of the Philippine tradition punish those who cut trees without asking, which the archive files beside the type's recorded hostility to loggers.A dragon would sayDiwaaɾaby soundcore DraconicFaerie Dragon
Name: Dewsparkle
MeaningOriginDescriptionDew SparkleEnglishA dragon covered in morning dew dropsEtymologyEnglish compound of dew (Old English dēaw) + sparkle (Middle English sparklen, frequentative of spark).Say itDEW-spar-kulA dragon that has just drunk in the wet grass carries dew on every scale, and the low sun turns it into the brightest object in the meadow.A dragon would sayShellithliterally water · brightcore DraconicAmethyst Dragon
Name: Duskwing
MeaningOriginDescriptionDusk WingEnglishTwilight-flying amethyst dragonEtymologyEnglish dusk (Old English dox, "dark") + wing (Old Norse vængr).Say itDUSK-wingThe wingspan of the description is one and a half times body length, and the evening launch from a gallery mouth is the type's most often recorded moment.A dragon would sayDéshvekhliterally dusk · winggem dialectFaerie Dragon
Name: Dreamweaver
MeaningOriginDescriptionDream WeaverEnglishA dragon that influences dreamsEtymologyEnglish compound of dream (Old English drēam, "joy, music", the sleep sense from Old Norse draumr) + weaver (Old English wefan + -er).Say itDREEM-wee-verObservers who sleep within a hundred metres of a roost report the same dream of a lit clearing, which the archive files with the type's telepathy notes.A dragon would sayShelthwelk-orliterally dream · weave · -ercore DraconicOpal Dragon
Name: Dawn
MeaningOriginDescriptionDawnEnglishReferences morning lightEtymologyEnglish dawn, from Old English dagung ("daybreak"), from dæg ("day").Say itDAWNThe survey hour; the low side-light gives the widest colour play the lore describes, and most register photographs carry a dawn timestamp.A dragon would sayKélhshliterally dawngem dialectFaerie Dragon
Name: Dusk
MeaningOriginDescriptionDuskEnglishA dragon of the eveningEtymologyEnglish dusk, from Old English dox ("dark, swarthy"), related to dusky.Say itDUSKThe second activity peak of the day, when the moth-hunters leave the roost.A dragon would sayDeshliterally duskcore DraconicFire Dragon
Name: Drakon
MeaningOriginDescriptionSharp-Eyed SerpentGreekSerpentine dragon with intense heat auraEtymologyGreek drákōn (δράκων, "serpent, dragon"), from dérkomai ("to see clearly"): the sharp-sighted one.Say itDRAH-kohnThe name notices what the survey does: an adult tracks a researcher at the IDRI's 500 metres without turning its head.A dragon would sayTreshslethliterally tooth · serpentcore DraconicEuropean Dragon
Name: Drake
MeaningOriginDescriptionDragonEnglishA traditional European dragonA dragon would sayKhathliterally dragoncore DraconicSapphire Dragon
Name: Delphinus
MeaningOriginDescriptionDolphinLatinSea creatureEtymologyLatin delphīnus, from Greek delphís ("dolphin", from delphýs, "womb").Say itdel-FY-nusA sea animal with the largest brain-to-body ratio after humans, kept for the description's enlarged lobes rather than for any water.A dragon would sayShorkábraskliterally sea · beastgem dialectEarth Dragon
Name: Dust
MeaningOriginDescriptionEarth ParticlesEnglishSand storm creatorEtymologyFrom Old English dūst ("dust, dry earth").Say itDUSTA dragon breaking surface throws a dust column visible for miles, and the column is often the first and only sign a survey team gets.A dragon would sayDastby soundcore DraconicEarth Dragon
Name: Dust Wing
MeaningOriginDescriptionDust FlightEnglishDust cloud creatorEtymologyEnglish compound of dust (Old English dūst) + wing (from Old Norse vængr).Say itDUST WINGNamed for the rare short flights the species makes between den sites, which leave a hanging dust trail across the valley for an hour after.A dragon would sayDastwingby soundcore DraconicEarth Dragon
Name: Daear
MeaningOriginDescriptionEarth, GroundWelshGround-mother of the deep soilEtymologyFrom Welsh daear ("earth, ground, soil"), a feminine noun, cognate with Cornish dor and Breton douar.Say itDAY-arGiven to a brood female whose chambers lie under the geographic centre of her range, with the whole territory arranged around them like the compartments of the den itself.A dragon would sayStorliterally earthcore DraconicEarth Dragon
Name: Doryū
MeaningOriginDescriptionEarth DragonJapaneseEarth-dragon tunneller, the mole’s nameEtymologyFrom Japanese 土竜, do ("earth") + ryū ("dragon"), the Sino-Japanese reading of the characters used for mogura, the mole.Say itDOH-ryooThe Japanese survey teams borrowed the mole’s characters for a burrower whose reinforced skull drives tunnels through bedrock, and the archive kept the name.A dragon would sayStorkhathliterally earth · dragoncore DraconicEarth Dragon
Name: Dust Talon
MeaningOriginDescriptionEarth ClawEnglishSand-walking dragonEtymologyEnglish compound of dust (Old English dūst) + talon (from Old French talon, "heel", from Latin talus, "ankle").Say itDUST TAL-unGiven to individuals seen crossing loose sand on the surface, where the burrowing claws spread the load and leave prints the survey can measure.A dragon would sayStorkrelliterally earth · clawcore DraconicEarth Dragon
Name: Dhruva
MeaningOriginDescriptionPermanentSanskritFixed and unwavering claim-holderEtymologyFrom Sanskrit dhruva ("fixed, firm, constant"), the name of the pole star and of a prince of the Puranas; a masculine given name.Say itDHROO-vuhRecorded for males that have held the same claim boundary for the whole run of a survey, the territorial constancy the lore describes as lawful.A dragon would sayNokhmorkhliterally not · diecore DraconicAir Dragon
Name: Drift
MeaningOriginDescriptionFloat GentlyEnglishPeaceful floating dragonEtymologyMiddle English drift ("a driving, a drove; a snowdrift"), from the root of Old English drīfan ("to drive").Say itDRIFTThe word for a thing carried by the wind, and the species' resting state: the survey logs adults asleep on the wing, drifting downwind and correcting every few minutes.A dragon would sayVerthesliterally fly · peacecore DraconicLightning/Storm Dragon
Name: Donner
MeaningOriginDescriptionThunderGermanBold dragon of booming thunderEtymologyGerman Donner ("thunder"), from Old High German donar, the same word as the god Thor's name in its German form.Say itDON-erThe Alpine population is the one the Schwarzwald protocols were written for; the 1993 wind shift that exposed a researcher happened under a Donner-class cell.A dragon would sayDromliterally thundercore DraconicCrystal Dragon
Name: Diamantine
MeaningOriginDescriptionDiamond-likeFrenchA brilliant white dragon with prismatic reflectionsEtymologyFrench diamantin, feminine diamantine ("of diamond, adamantine"), from diamant ("diamond"), Late Latin diamas, ultimately Greek adámas ("unconquerable").Say itdee-ah-mahn-TEENField teams reserve it for the brilliant white adults whose prismatic reflections can be seen from the 500 m line without optics, the only case in which the parabolic protocol is a disadvantage.A dragon would sayPélhglishliterally clear · crystalgem dialectCrystal Dragon
Name: Dravite
MeaningOriginDescriptionDrava TourmalineGeographicA brown dragon with trigonal crystalsEtymologyNamed in 1884 for the Drava river of Carinthia, near its first locality, + the mineral suffix -ite; the brown tourmaline.Say itDRAH-vyteThe brown adults with trigonal crystals are the Alpine population, logged along the Drava itself, and their scale habit is the tourmaline prism exactly.A dragon would sayDréldhaitby soundgem dialectCrystal Dragon
Name: Danburite
MeaningOriginDescriptionDanbury StoneGeographicA clear dragon with orthorhombic crystalsEtymologyNamed in 1839 for Danbury, Connecticut, its first locality, + the mineral suffix -ite.Say itDAN-bur-yteThe clear orthorhombic adults are the Connecticut population, the closest lairs to a city in the eastern register and the reason the state's protocols were written first.A dragon would sayDéngyiritby soundgem dialectAmethyst Dragon
Name: Drakaina
MeaningOriginDescriptionShe-DragonGreekBeautiful purple dragoness with crystal hornsEtymologyGreek drákaina (δράκαινα), the feminine of drákōn ("serpent, dragon"), used of the female monsters of myth.Say itdrah-KY-nuhThe archive's plain word for a female of any type; on this page it marks the crystal-horned females whose four horn pairs the description calls crown-like.A dragon would sayKháthliterally dragongem dialectAmethyst Dragon
Name: Duskfire
MeaningOriginDescriptionDusk FireEnglishPurple flame-breathing dragonEtymologyEnglish dusk (Old English dox) + fire (Old English fȳr).Say itDUSK-fyrPurple flame has never been filmed; the name records the evening light on a launching adult, which from five hundred metres reads as fire.A dragon would sayDéshkherliterally dusk · firegem dialectAmethyst Dragon
Name: Duskheart
MeaningOriginDescriptionDusk HeartEnglishTwilight-born dragonEtymologyEnglish dusk (Old English dox) + heart (Old English heorte).Say itDUSK-hartTwilight-born in the description's sense: the eggs the survey has watched hatch did so at dusk, over several decades of watching.A dragon would sayDéshdrelhkliterally dusk · heartgem dialectSapphire Dragon
Name: Derin
MeaningOriginDescriptionDeepTurkishDeep, as water or thoughtEtymologyTurkish derin ("deep, profound"), a given name for both sexes.Say itdeh-REENDeep in the Turkish sense covers water and thought, and the description's animal is the second: a methodical mind that sets a trap and waits a season for it.A dragon would sayDúlhvliterally deepgem dialectSapphire Dragon
Name: Durga
MeaningOriginDescriptionInvincibleSanskritPowerful deityEtymologySanskrit Durgā (दुर्गा, "the inaccessible, unassailable"), from dur- ("hard") + gam ("to go"); durga is also the word for a hill fort.Say itDOOR-gahThe same word is the Sanskrit for a hill fort, and the description's lair is one: a cave network in the mountains that no survey has entered past the first chamber.A dragon would sayThrékliterally stronggem dialectSapphire Dragon
Name: Divina
MeaningOriginDescriptionDivineLatinSacred natureEtymologyLatin dīvīna, feminine of dīvīnus ("of a god"), from dīvus ("god").Say itdih-VEE-nahThe Romans read divination in the flight of birds; the archive's keeper, by its own account, reads the same in seismic patterns, which is the description's geology interest turned to foresight.A dragon would sayThákhliterally godgem dialectRuby Dragon
Name: Damu
MeaningOriginDescriptionBloodSwahiliBlood, from the ArabicEtymologySwahili damu ("blood"), from Arabic dam.Say itDAH-mooThe word the Winza miners in Tanzania gave the survey for the type, after the colour of the corundum they dig from the same hills; the East African adult has never been photographed, only its tailings.A dragon would sayDrákhliterally bloodgem dialectRuby Dragon
Name: Draig Goch
MeaningOriginDescriptionRed DragonWelshThe red dragon of WalesEtymologyWelsh y ddraig goch ("the red dragon"), from draig ("dragon", from Latin dracō) + coch ("red", mutated to goch after the feminine noun); the dragon of the Welsh flag.Say itdryg GOHKHThe dragon on the flag is, in the archive's reading, the one on the Snowdonia ridge; the ninth-century account of a red dragon fighting a white one under Dinas Emrys is filed as the earliest British territorial dispute on record.A dragon would sayBrákhkhathliterally red · dragongem dialectObsidian Dragon
Name: Darkmatter
MeaningOriginDescriptionDark MatterEnglishEssence of darknessEtymologyEnglish compound of dark (Old English deorc) + matter (Latin māteria); the astronomers' term for mass that shows only by its gravity.Say itDARK-mat-erThe type's field signature is the astronomers' one: nothing seen, only the effect, a cold patch on the thermal image where a heat source should be.A dragon would saySkúrstorliterally dark · earthgem dialectObsidian Dragon
Name: Darkforge
MeaningOriginDescriptionDark ForgeEnglishCrafter of darknessEtymologyEnglish compound of dark (Old English deorc) + forge (Old French forge, from Latin fabrica, "workshop").Say itDARK-forjThe lair is a forge in the plain sense: prey is cooked on the internal heat before it is eaten, and the Icelandic team has found bones fused to the chamber floor.A dragon would saySkúrkrevliterally dark · makegem dialectObsidian Dragon
Name: Dorcha
MeaningOriginDescriptionDarkIrishDark, with no sheen at allEtymologyIrish dorcha ("dark"), from Old Irish dorchae; the same word in Scottish Gaelic.Say itDOR-uh-khuhThe Irish adjective is used by the survey for scales with no sheen; there is no obsidian in Ireland and no lair, only a word the Antrim team brought to the Icelandic work.A dragon would saySkúrliterally darkgem dialectObsidian Dragon
Name: Darkstone
MeaningOriginDescriptionDark StoneEnglishMade of dark matterEtymologyEnglish compound of dark (Old English deorc) + stone (Old English stān).Say itDARK-stohnThe plain description of the scale material and of the outcrop it hides against; the Anatolian obsidian sources at Göllü Dağ were worked for nine thousand years by people who never saw what else was in them.A dragon would saySkúrstorliterally dark · earthgem dialectObsidian Dragon
Name: Darkweaver
MeaningOriginDescriptionDark WeaverEnglishWeaver of darknessEtymologyEnglish compound of dark (Old English deorc) + weaver (from Old English wefan, "to weave").Say itDARK-wee-verCamouflage in a lava field is a matter of moving between shadows as the sun does; a resting adult shifts a few degrees an hour, which the time-lapse at Newberry caught by accident.A dragon would saySkurwélhk-orliterally dark · weave · -ergem dialectObsidian Dragon
Name: Darkclaw
MeaningOriginDescriptionDark ClawEnglishWith claws of darknessEtymologyEnglish compound of dark (Old English deorc) + claw (Old English clawu).Say itDARK-klawClaw scraping on rock is the second aggression sign in the IDRI list, and on obsidian it rings; the sound carries farther than the 500-metre line.A dragon would saySkúrkrelhliterally dark · clawgem dialectObsidian Dragon
Name: Darkflame
MeaningOriginDescriptionDark FlameEnglishWith flames of darknessEtymologyEnglish compound of dark (Old English deorc) + flame (Old French flame, from Latin flamma).Say itDARK-flaymThe breath is more heat than light: superheated air carrying glass, dim at the core, and the survey's thermal cameras see it long before the eye does.A dragon would saySkúrkherliterally dark · firegem dialectObsidian Dragon
Name: Darkmaw
MeaningOriginDescriptionDark MawEnglishWith mouth of darknessEtymologyEnglish compound of dark (Old English deorc) + maw (Old English maga, "stomach", later "jaws").Say itDARK-mawThe description's heat-sensing organs line the snout, and the open mouth reads as a dark hole on thermal film, the one cold thing on the animal.A dragon would saySkúrvorkliterally dark · jawgem dialectObsidian Dragon
Name: Darkweald
MeaningOriginDescriptionDark ForestEnglishForest of darknessEtymologyEnglish compound of dark (Old English deorc) + weald (Old English weald, "forest").Say itDARK-weeldThe Schwarzwald, the dark forest, is a Bavarian Forest Drake's ground, not this type's; the survey keeps the name for the pine stands on the Newberry flanks where the juveniles hide.A dragon would saySkúrnelhkliterally dark · forestgem dialectDiamond Dragon
Name: Diamandis
MeaningOriginDescriptionDiamondGreekDragon with a diamond core essenceEtymologyGreek Diamantís (Διαμαντής), a given name and surname from diamánti (διαμάντι, "diamond"), itself from adámas by way of Latin diamas.Say itdee-ah-man-DEESThe Pindus station's name for its resident male, on the reasoning that the only diamond recorded south of the Alps should carry a Greek name for the stone.A dragon would sayPélhglishliterally clear · crystalgem dialectDiamond Dragon
Name: Diamond Heart
MeaningOriginDescriptionDiamond HeartEnglishDragon with a diamond-crystalline heartEtymologyEnglish diamond (from Old French diamant, from Late Latin diamas, an alteration of adamas) + heart (Old English heorte).Say itDY-mund HARTThe lore records the crystalline structure in the scales; the Pamir carcass of 2003 showed it runs deeper, with the heart wall faceted on the inner surface.A dragon would sayPelhglíshdrelhkliterally clear · crystal · heartgem dialectDiamond Dragon
Name: Diamondthrone
MeaningOriginDescriptionDiamond ThroneEnglishDragon of the diamond throneEtymologyEnglish diamond (from Old French diamant, from Late Latin diamas) + throne (from Greek thrónos, "seat").Say itDY-mund-throhnThe lore's advisor to civilisations: the throne is the one the animal sits beside, not on.A dragon would sayPelhglishkhárthstorliterally clear · crystal · sovereign · earthgem dialectDiamond Dragon
Name: Disglair
MeaningOriginDescriptionDazzlingWelshBright, brilliant, dazzlingEtymologyWelsh disglair ("bright, brilliant, dazzling"); of uncertain formation, usually taken as dis- with a root related to claer ("bright").Say itDIS-glyreThe Welsh word for a brightness that hurts; the survey's rule about lenses and sunlit adults is written in it on the Snowdon station's wall.A dragon would sayLíthliterally brightgem dialectOpal Dragon
Name: Diya
MeaningOriginDescriptionGlowArabicLight, brightness, glowEtymologyArabic ḍiyāʾ (ضياء, "light, brightness, glow"), from the root ḍ-w-ʾ ("to shine"); a given name for both sexes.Say itdee-YAHThe Arabic word for light given off rather than reflected; the Hejaz survey uses it loosely, since the lore's scales only reflect, but the glow at dusk looks like the animal's own.A dragon would sayTháarliterally lightgem dialectSea Serpent
Name: Delphine
MeaningOriginDescriptionDolphinGreekSea creature friendEtymologyFrench Delphine, from Latin delphīnus ("dolphin"), from Greek delphís.Say itdel-FEENA dolphin name kept for an escort behaviour the lore file does not mention: pods have been logged riding the bow wave of a submerged adult, the dolphins the only sign of the animal beneath.A dragon would sayShorkabraskliterally sea · beastcore DraconicGarnet Dragon
Name: Demantoid
MeaningOriginDescriptionDiamond-LikeGermanReference to the brilliant lusterEtymologyGerman Demant (an old word for "diamond", via Old French from Latin adamās) + the Greek suffix -oid ("like"), for a garnet whose fire outdoes a diamond's.Say itde-MAN-toydThe vitreous lustre the lore records has been measured on shed scales at close to a cut stone's; the Ural teams call the brightest adults demantoids.A dragon would sayPélhglishliterally clear · crystalgem dialectGarnet Dragon
Name: Dracoruby
MeaningOriginDescriptionDragon RubyLatin/EnglishRuby-like dragonEtymologyCoined name; Latin dracō ("dragon") + English ruby (from Latin rubeus, "red").Say itDRAY-koh-roo-beeRuby is corundum and garnet is not; the survey keeps the tag for animals whose scales have been misidentified as ruby by a mine assayer, which happens every decade or so.A dragon would sayKhathbrákhglishliterally dragon · red · crystalgem dialectGarnet Dragon
Name: Delima
MeaningOriginDescriptionPomegranateMalayPomegranate; batu delima is rubyEtymologyMalay delima ("pomegranate"), from Sanskrit dāḍima; batu delima ("pomegranate stone") is the Malay word for ruby, and Delima is a feminine given name.Say itde-LEE-mahPomegranate and, as batu delima, ruby: the Kelantan survey's word for a shed scale that has fooled a jeweller.A dragon would sayDilímaby soundgem dialectGarnet Dragon
Name: Dracorubin
MeaningOriginDescriptionDragon RedLatinRed dragon essenceEtymologyCoined name; Latin dracō ("dragon") + medieval Latin rubīnus ("ruby").Say itDRAY-koh-roo-binThe colour-card name for the type's red, which the IDRI register lists as dragon red rather than any stone's, since no stone matches a living scale.A dragon would sayKháthbrakhliterally dragon · redgem dialectMoonstone Dragon
Name: Diana
MeaningOriginDescriptionDivineRomanNoble dragon with regal bearing and silvery scalesEtymologyLatin Diāna, from an older Diviana, on the root of dīvus, deus ("god, divine") and ultimately "sky, shining"; the Roman goddess of the hunt and the moon.Say itdy-AN-ahThe Roman moon goddess carries a name that means "shining, of the sky", and the archive uses it for the adult females whose lairs sit highest, nearest the clear sky the description says they seek.A dragon would sayThákhliterally godgem dialectMoonstone Dragon
Name: Danica
MeaningOriginDescriptionMorning starSlavicDawn-herald dragon with morning light scalesEtymologySlavic Danica (Даница), "morning star", a diminutive of dan ("day").Say itDAH-nee-tsahThe morning star is the animals' cue to go in; the Tatra team times the end of every night watch to Venus, not to the light.A dragon would sayKélhshtsivliterally dawn · stargem dialectMoonstone Dragon
Name: Delia
MeaningOriginDescriptionOf DelosGreekIsland dragon with ocean-touched scalesEtymologyGreek Dēlía (Δηλία), "woman of Delos", an epithet of Artemis, born on the island; Delos itself is from dêlos ("visible, clear").Say itDEE-lee-ahThe island birthplace of the moon goddess; the Cyclades team keeps the name for the one Aegean lair, a sea cave with a collapsed roof open to the sky.A dragon would sayDíiliaby soundgem dialectMoonstone Dragon
Name: Dolunay
MeaningOriginDescriptionFull MoonTurkishThe moon at the fullEtymologyTurkish dolunay ("full moon"), from dolu ("full") + ay ("moon"); used as a given name.Say itdoh-loo-NIGHThe full moon is hatching time in the description, and the Taurus team has logged three clutches breaking on full-moon nights since 2011.A dragon would sayTórsleshliterally many · moongem dialectLunar Dragon
Name: Deimos
MeaningOriginDescriptionTerrorGreekA fearsome moon dragonEtymologyGreek Deîmos (Δεῖμος, "terror, dread"), a son of Ares; the outer moon of Mars.Say itDY-mohsThe small outer moon of Mars; the field teams use it for the juveniles that shadow an adult at a distance, since the description's family groups fly spread out.A dragon would sayGekhliterally fearcore DraconicSolar Dragon
Name: Dagr
MeaningOriginDescriptionDayNorseDragon herald of daylightA dragon would sayTashliterally daycore DraconicSolar Dragon
Name: Daystar
MeaningOriginDescriptionStar of DayEnglishDragon ruling daylight hoursA dragon would sayTashtsivliterally day · starcore DraconicSolar Dragon
Name: Daykeeper
MeaningOriginDescriptionGuardian of DayEnglishDragon maintaining daylightA dragon would sayTashsherth-orliterally day · defend · -ercore DraconicDragon Turtle
Name: Drakonos
MeaningOriginDescriptionSerpentGreekAncient serpentine creatureEtymologyCoined name; Greek drákōn (δράκων, "serpent, dragon") with an -os ending the word does not take.Say itDRAK-oh-nosA generic dragon epithet; the field teams that use it apply it to any adult seen only as a neck above the water.A dragon would saySlethliterally serpentcore DraconicDragon Turtle
Name: Draconus
MeaningOriginDescriptionDragonLatinAncient powerful creatureEtymologyLatin dracō, -ōnis ("dragon, serpent") with a coined -us ending; the genus name in the lore file's binomial.Say itdruh-KOH-nusThe genus name of the type in the IDRI register, taken from the binomial rather than from any recorded call.A dragon would sayKhathliterally dragoncore DraconicDragon Turtle
Name: Dragoon
MeaningOriginDescriptionDragon SoldierFrenchPowerful hybrid creatureEtymologyFrench dragon, the short musket named for its breath of fire, then the mounted soldier who carried it; in English by the 1620s.Say itdruh-GOONA name from the other side of the ledger: the carbine was named for the animal and the cavalry for the carbine.A dragon would sayKhathdrekh-orliterally dragon · fight · -ercore DraconicDragon Turtle
Name: Deniz
MeaningOriginDescriptionSeaTurkishSea, a Turkish given nameEtymologyTurkish deniz ("sea"), from Old Turkic teŋiz; a given name for both sexes.Say itdeh-NEEZThe Black Sea and Marmara records use the plain word for the animal, as the crews there do for anything the sea sends.A dragon would sayShorkliterally seacore DraconicDragon Turtle
Name: Drakomar
MeaningOriginDescriptionDragon SeaGreek-LatinRuler of ocean domainsEtymologyCoined name; Greek drákōn ("dragon") + Latin mare ("sea"); no attested form.Say itDRAK-oh-marA generic sea-dragon epithet with no recorded source.A dragon would sayKhathshorkliterally dragon · seacore DraconicDragon Turtle
Name: Drakeon
MeaningOriginDescriptionDragon BeingGreekMighty scaled creatureEtymologyCoined name; English drake ("dragon") with an -on ending; no attested form.Say itDRAY-kee-onA generic dragon epithet with no recorded source.A dragon would sayKhathes-orliterally dragon · be · -ercore DraconicEuropean Dragon
Name: Dragoslav
MeaningOriginDescriptionGlory of DragonsSlavicA proud dragon with golden horns and fierce loyaltyA dragon would sayKhathvreshliterally dragon · honorcore DraconicEuropean Dragon
Name: Dietrich
MeaningOriginDescriptionPeople's RulerGermanicA democratic dragon leading by consensusA dragon would sayMeskatorkliterally mortal · lordcore DraconicEuropean Dragon
Name: Dag
MeaningOriginDescriptionDayNorseA solar dragon active in daylightA dragon would sayTashliterally daycore DraconicChinese Dragon
Name: Dilong
MeaningOriginDescriptionEarth DragonChinese MythologyUnderground dragon controlling rivers and springsA dragon would sayStorkhathliterally earth · dragoncore DraconicChinese Dragon
Name: Delong
MeaningOriginDescriptionVirtuous DragonChinese LiteratureMorally upright dragonA dragon would sayReshkhathliterally good · dragoncore DraconicChinese Dragon
Name: Dulong
MeaningOriginDescriptionSolitary DragonChinese LiteratureDragon preferring isolationA dragon would sayTekkhathliterally one · dragoncore DraconicChinese Dragon
Name: Danlong
MeaningOriginDescriptionDawn DragonChinese LiteratureDragon of the early morningA dragon would sayKelshkhathliterally dawn · dragoncore DraconicMiddle Eastern Dragon
Name: Dahak
MeaningOriginDescriptionTen EvilsPersianThree-headed dragon of destruction and chaosA dragon would sayDehekby soundcore DraconicMiddle Eastern Dragon
Name: Daeva
MeaningOriginDescriptionDivine DragonPersianCelestial dragon of great powerA dragon would sayThakhkhathliterally god · dragoncore DraconicMiddle Eastern Dragon
Name: Dagan
MeaningOriginDescriptionGrain GuardCanaaniteDragon of fertility and harvestA dragon would sayKersmelshsherth-orliterally sun · flower · defend · -ercore DraconicMiddle Eastern Dragon
Name: Daevas
MeaningOriginDescriptionShining OnePersianLight bearing dragonA dragon would sayThaarliterally lightcore Draconic
