green dragon

collocation in English

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green
adjective
uk
/ɡriːn/us
/ɡriːn/
of a colour between blue and yellow; of the colour ...
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dragon
noun[C]
uk
/ˈdræɡ.ən/us
/ˈdræɡ.ən/
a large, frightening imaginary animal, often represented with wings, a long tail, and fire coming out of ...
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(Definition ofgreenanddragonfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Near the end of the scene, a toweringgreendragonemerges and attempts to burn the riders to a crisp.
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Greendragonfemales either keep their eggs in a solution of acid or bury them in leaves moistened with rainwater.
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The keep of the ship has the design of agreendragon.
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The company's logo is agreendragoncoiled around the top of a brewer's copper kettle.
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Beware of the big,greendragonthat sits on your doorstep!
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He had originally planned for it to feature agreendragon, but later indicated that this was affected by the expansion of the series to a four-book cycle.
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Thisgreendragonbreathes deadly chlorine gas.
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Harry is also agreendragon.
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Their goal appeared to be the capture and possible taming (for use in battle) of fearsome fire breathing green dragons with red wings.
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The returnable bottles are often referred to as long-necks or green dragons.
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Blue and green dragons obey her most readily.
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Many druids also learn the languages of centaurs, elves, gnomes, green dragons, hill giants, lizardfolk, manticores, treants, and fey.
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They resemble tiny, very silent and stealthy, wingless, humanoid green dragons.
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They will often prey on fish, crabs, birds, turtles, crocodiles, lizardfolk, chuuls, hydras, and green dragons that are smaller and younger than they are.
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They rode the thunder chariot, using winged dragons as the inner pair and green dragons as the outer pair.
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Half the dragon population is female, with green dragons being roughly fifty percent of the population and golds being one percent or slightly less.
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Powerful predators such as green dragons sometimes enslave whole villages of grippli; at such times, they tend to accept their fate rather than waste lives in futile rebellion.
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