Wingwyrm
The Wingwyrm is a monster that appears exclusively in Dragon Quest VII. It is reddish orange in color and resemble quadrupedal wyrms with high-set wings.
| Dragon Quest monster | |
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| Wingwyrm | |
 Art by Akira Toriyama | |
| Japanese | 首長竜 |
| Romaji | Kubinagaryū |
| First appearance | Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past |
| Old localisation | Plesiodon |
Characteristics
Massive red skin and scaled wyrms that snake through the sky, swooping down at prey to bite and breathe element blasts. Their forked tongues never stop flickering, helping them find their prey even in pitch black darkness. They can blister opponents with both fire and ice breath, striking all adversaries at once.
Appearances
Dragon Quest VII
Wingwyrm (首長竜, Kubinagaryū ) Big Book of Beasts No. : #136  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Etymology
In the original Japanese, the Wingwyrm's Japanese name Kubinagaryū (首長竜) is the name used for Plesiosaurs, an order of marine reptiles that lived during the Mesozoic Era millions of years ago.