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Draco (comics)
Draco is the Greco-Latin word for serpent, or dragon. Draco or Drako most often refers to: * Draco (lawgiver) (from Greek: Δράκων; 7th century BC), the first lawgiver of ancient Athens, from whom the term ''draconian'' is derived * Draco Malfoy, a character in the ''Harry Potter'' series * Draco (constellation), a constellation in the northern part of the sky Draco or Drako may also refer to: People * Draco (physician) (from Greek: Δράκων), the name of several physicians in the family of Hippocrates * Draco Rosa (born 1970), a Puerto Rican songwriter and former member of Puerto Rican boy band Menudo * Dean Drako, American businessman Arts, entertainment, and media Games * Draco, a character in the fictional opera '' The Dream Oath: Maria and Draco'' in ''Final Fantasy VI'' * Draco, a dragon from the card game ''Magic: The Gathering'' * Draco Centauros, a dragon-like humanoid from the ''Puyo Puyo'' video game series, and one of the 3 main protagonists in the third ...
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Serpent (symbolism)
The serpent, or snake, is one of the oldest and most widespread mythological symbols. The word is derived from Latin ''serpens'', a crawling animal or snake. Snakes have been associated with some of the oldest rituals known to mankind and represent dual expression of good and evil. In some cultures, snakes were fertility symbols. For example, the Hopi people of North America performed an annual snake dance to celebrate the union of Snake Youth (a Sky spirit) and Snake Girl (an Underworld spirit) and to renew the fertility of Nature. During the dance, live snakes were handled, and at the end of the dance the snakes were released into the fields to guarantee good crops. "The snake dance is a prayer to the spirits of the clouds, the thunder and the lightning, that the rain may fall on the growing crops." To the Hopi, snakes symbolized the umbilical cord, joining all humans to Mother Earth. The Great Goddess often had snakes as her familiars—sometimes twining around her sacred staff ...
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Trust Issues
''Indigo'' is the ninth studio album by American singer, songwriter Chris Brown, released on June 28, 2019, by RCA Records. The album marks his second double album and serves as a follow-up to his eighth album '' Heartbreak on a Full Moon'' (2017). Brown enlisted and worked with several producers, including Smash David, Soundz, Hitmaka, Boi-1da, Scott Storch, OG Parker and many others. The album features various guest appearances by urban and pop artists, including Nicki Minaj, G-Eazy, Tory Lanez, Tyga, Justin Bieber, Juicy J, Juvenile, H.E.R, Tank, Lil Jon, Lil Wayne, Joyner Lucas, Gunna, Trey Songz and Drake. The official recording sessions for the album began in August 2018 and ended in May 2019, with some songs being recorded earlier during the first months of 2018, while a couple songs from the extended edition were recorded a few years prior. The album's aesthetics feature a supernatural and spiritual imagery, conceived by Brown himself, and handled by gr ...
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Draco (lizard)
''Draco'' is a genus of agamid lizards that are also known as flying lizards, flying dragons or gliding lizards. These lizards are capable of gliding flight via membranes that may be extended to create wings (patagia), formed by an enlarged set of ribs. They are arboreal insectivores. While not capable of powered flight they often obtain lift in the course of their gliding flights. Glides as long as have been recorded, over which the animal loses only in height, which is quite some distance, considering that one lizard is only around in total length, tail included. Piper, Ross (2007). 'Extraordinary Animals: An Encyclopedia of Curious and Unusual Animals'. Santa Barbara, California: Greenwood Press. They are found across Southeast Asia and southern India. and are fairly common in forests, areca gardens, teak plantations and shrub jungle. History of discovery Carl Linnaeus described the genus in 1758, with the type species being ''Draco volans.'' The name of the genus is from ...
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Draco (dwarf Galaxy)
The Draco Dwarf is a spheroidal galaxy which was discovered by Albert George Wilson of Lowell Observatory in 1954 on photographic plates of the National Geographic Society's Palomar Observatory Sky Survey (POSS). It is part of the Local Group and a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way galaxy. The Draco Dwarf is situated in the direction of the Draco Constellation at 34.6° above the galactic plane. Characteristics Paul W. Hodge analyzed the distribution of its stars in 1964 and concluded that its ellipticity was 0.29 ± 0.04. Recent studies have indicated that the galaxy may potentially hold large amounts of dark matter. Having an absolute magnitude of -8.6 and a total luminosity of only , it is one of the faintest companions to our Milky Way. Draco Dwarf contains many red giant branch (RGB) stars; five carbon stars have been identified in Draco Dwarf and four likely asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars have been detected. The Draco Dwarf is estimated to be 80 ± 10 kpc from Ea ...
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DraCo
Draco is the Latin word for serpent or dragon. Draco or Drako may also refer to: People * Draco (lawgiver) (from Greek: Δράκων; 7th century BC), the first lawgiver of ancient Athens, Greece, from whom the term ''draconian'' is derived * Draco (physician) (from Greek: Δράκων), the name of several physicians in the family of Hippocrates * Draco Rosa (born 1970), a Puerto Rican songwriter and former member of Puerto Rican boy band Menudo * Dean Drako, American businessman Arts, entertainment, and media Games * Draco, a character in the fictional opera '' The Dream Oath: Maria and Draco'' in ''Final Fantasy VI'' * Draco, a dragon from the card game ''Magic: The Gathering'' * Draco Centauros, a dragon-like humanoid from the ''Puyo Puyo'' video game series Literature, film, and television * Draco (Caminhos do Coração), a character from the 2008 Brazilian telenovela ''Os Mutantes - Caminhos do Coração'' * Draco, the name of the last dragon in the film ''Dragonhea ...
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DRACO
Draco is the Latin word for serpent or dragon. Draco or Drako may also refer to: People * Draco (lawgiver) (from Greek: Δράκων; 7th century BC), the first lawgiver of ancient Athens, Greece, from whom the term ''draconian'' is derived * Draco (physician) (from Greek: Δράκων), the name of several physicians in the family of Hippocrates * Draco Rosa (born 1970), a Puerto Rican songwriter and former member of Puerto Rican boy band Menudo * Dean Drako, American businessman Arts, entertainment, and media Games * Draco, a character in the fictional opera '' The Dream Oath: Maria and Draco'' in ''Final Fantasy VI'' * Draco, a dragon from the card game ''Magic: The Gathering'' * Draco Centauros, a dragon-like humanoid from the ''Puyo Puyo'' video game series Literature, film, and television * Draco (Caminhos do Coração), a character from the 2008 Brazilian telenovela ''Os Mutantes - Caminhos do Coração'' * Draco, the name of the last dragon in the film ''Dragonhea ...
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Draco (military Standard)
The ("dragon" or "serpent", plural ) was a military standard of the Roman cavalry. Carried by the , the was the standard of the cohort, as the eagle () was that of the legion. The may have been introduced to the Roman army after the Dacian wars by Dacian, Sarmatian units in the 2nd century. According to Vegetius, in the 4th century a was carried by each legionary cohort. Literary descriptions The Greek military writer Arrian describes the in his passage on cavalry training exercises, calling it "Scythian": The Scythian banners are ''dracontes'' held aloft on standard-length poles. They are made of colored cloths stitched together, and from the head along the entire body to the tail, they look like snakes. When the horses bearing these devices are not in motion, you see only variegated streamers hanging down. During the charge is when they most resemble creatures: they are inflated by the wind, and even make a sort of hissing sound as the air is forced through them. Arr ...
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Pistol Mitralieră Model 1963/1965
The Pistol Mitralieră model 1963/1965 (abbreviated PM md. 63 or simply md. 63) is a Romanian 7.62x39mm assault rifle. Developed in the late 1950s, the PM md. 63 was a derivative of the Soviet AKM produced under license. It was the standard issue infantry weapon of the Army of the Socialist Republic of Romania until the late 1980s, after which it was gradually superseded by the Pușcă Automată model 1986, a derivative of the Soviet AK-74. Beginning in 1965, Romania also produced the Pistol Mitralieră model 1965 (abbreviated PM md. 65 or simply md. 65), which is an md. 63 with a folding stock. History During the late 1950s, the standard service rifle of the Romanian Army was the Soviet AK-47, as well as a variant of the same weapon with a folding stock, the AKS. Around the same period, however, the Soviet Union developed the AKM, an improved AK-47 design which utilized a stamped metal receiver and was cheaper to produce. With Soviet assistance, the Romanian government l ...
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List Of B
A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby union club Other uses * Angle of list, the leaning to either port or starboard of a ship * List (information), an ordered collection of pieces of information ** List (abstract data type), a method to organize data in computer science * List on Sylt, previously called List, the northernmost village in Germany, on the island of Sylt * ''List'', an alternative term for ''roll'' in flight dynamics * To ''list'' a building, etc., in the UK it means to designate it a listed building that may not be altered without permission * Lists (jousting), the barriers used to designate the tournament area where medieval knights jousted * ''The Book of Lists'', an American series of books with unusual lists See also * The List (other) * Listing (di ...
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Draco (song)
"Draco" is a song by American rapper Future released as the lead single for his eponymous fifth studio album ''Future'' (2017). The song was written by Nayvadius Wilburn and was produced by DJ Spinz. The single peaked at number 46 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Critical reception Sheldon Pearce of ''Pitchfork'' described the song as "Future is shooting a starter pistol in the air mid-victory lap". “Draco” refers to the Romanian shortened AK-47 assault rifle. Chart performance "Draco" debuted and peaked at number 46 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 a week after release. It is the second highest-charting song taken from the album. On October 19, 2017, the song was certified platinum Platinum is a chemical element with the symbol Pt and atomic number 78. It is a dense, malleable, ductile, highly unreactive, precious, silverish-white transition metal. Its name originates from Spanish , a diminutive of "silver". Platinu ... for combined sales and streaming equivalen ...
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Draco And The Malfoys
Draco and the Malfoys are a wizard rock band founded in Woonsocket, Rhode Island in 2004. The group is composed of half-brothers Brian Ross and Bradley Mehlenbacher, who both perform under the persona of Draco Malfoy from the ''Harry Potter'' book series. Since the band's formation in 2004, they have released five full-length studio albums, one extended play release, and have contributed to four compilation albums. In late 2013 in an interview with Wizrocklopedia, Brian Ross confirmed that he and Bradley were in the process of making a new album and released a new single called "Cheat to Win". History Early career (2004–2005) Ross and Mehlenbacher originally conceived Draco and the Malfoys as a parody of Harry and the Potters, who were performing at a local house party. In late 2004, Matt Maggiacomo invited the Harry and the Potters to play at an all-Harry Potter show at his Rhode Island home. That night, Maggiacomo made his debut as the Whomping Willows, and his friends, Meh ...
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