Draco
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - Cite This SourceDraco is the Latin word for "dragon". It may refer to: In science:
- Draco (constellation), a constellation in the northern part of the sky
- Draco (dwarf galaxy), a dwarf galaxy orbiting the Milky Way
- Draco lizard, a genus of small tropical agamas
In history:
- Draco (lawgiver), the first lawgiver of ancient Athens, Greece, from whom the term draconian is derived
- Draco (military standard), a Roman cavalry military standard in the shape of a dragon
- Draco (Roman god of dragon's fire), Draco Ketsoff the sun of Feronia (Roman goddess of fertility) and Soranus (Roman god of the underworld)snd the god of dragons' fire.
In literature, film, and television:
- Draco Malfoy, a character in the Harry Potter series of books
- Draco (comics), a dragon-like humanoid in Marvel Comics
- Draco, a dragon in the film Dragonheart
- Draco, a warlord character in the television series Xena: Warrior Princess
- Antares Draco, an Imperial Knight from Star Wars: Legacy
In games:
- Draco Centauros, a dragon-like humanoid from the Puyo Puyo video game series
- Draco, a 9/9 Artifact Dragon from the card game Magic: The Gathering
- Draco, a character in the fictional opera The Dream Oath: Maria and Draco in Final Fantasy VI
- Draco, a black dragon found in the Kasumanium Mines in Dark Ages (computer game)
In other contexts:
- DraCo (computer), a clone of the Amiga computer
- Draco (boat builder), a Norwegian boat builder
- Draco (programming language), a shareware programming language for CP/M and the Amiga
- Draco, a supposed reptilian humanoid alien race that has been perported to exist by certain UFO conspiracy theorists
- Draco Racing, a motorsports team
- Draco (rocket engine), a rocket engine being built for the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft.
- Robi Draco Rosa, a Puerto Rican songwriter and member of the band Menudo
- Draco (GNU/Linux distribution), a GNU/Linux distribution.
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