Draco
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Draco is the Greco-Latin word for serpent, or dragon.
Draco or Drako most often refers to:
- Draco (constellation), a constellation in the northern part of the sky
- Draco (lawgiver) (from Greek: Δράκων; 7th century BC), the first lawgiver of ancient Athens, from whom the term draconian is derived
Draco or Drako may also refer to:
Places[edit | edit source]
- Draco Peak, a summit in Alberta, Canada
Arts, entertainment, and media[edit | edit source]
- Draco, a show aired by BabyTV starting in 2007
Fictional characters[edit | edit source]
- Draco Malfoy, a character in the Harry Potter series
- Drako, a character in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise
- Marc Ange Draco, head of European crime syndicate and James Bond's father-in-law in Ian Fleming's novels
- Draco, a dragon from the card game Magic: The Gathering
- Dragonair, a Dragon-type Pokémon known as "Draco" in the French versions of the game
Biology and medicine[edit | edit source]
- Draco (lizard), a genus of gliding lizards
- Draco, a widely used synonym of Dracaena (plant)
- DRACO, a group of experimental antiviral drugs
Computing[edit | edit source]
- DraCo, a partly Amiga compatible computer built by MacroSystem AG
- Draco Linux, a Linux distribution
Spaceflight[edit | edit source]
- DRACO, camera module of NASA's DART Mission
- Draco, an orbital maneuvering thruster being built for the SpaceX Dragon and upper stage of the Falcon 9 spacecraft
- SuperDraco, a liquid rocket engine designed and built by SpaceX. Used for the launch escape system of the SpaceX Dragon 2
Weaponry and arms[edit | edit source]
- Draco Pistol, Romanian semi-automatic pistols
Other uses[edit | edit source]
- Draco, name given by the U.S. cable channel The Weather Channel to the December 2012 North American blizzard
- Draco, a guitar built by B.C. Rich guitars
See also[edit | edit source]
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