The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word WYVERN
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result WYVERN
- Case of Welshman bagging very wild dragon
- Heraldic beast with very strange name
- How come sci-fi writer's spoken of monster?
- Wherefore, reportedly, sci-fi writer briefly identifies winged dragon
- Winged beast very excitedly going in two directions
- Externally, woman — internally, very furious dragon
- Heraldic device with very strange name
- Heraldic beast getting first of wizards terribly nervy
- Points out very different 1950s Vauxhall model
- Dragon, mostly green, captured by Welshman
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What does WYVERN mean?
WYVERN noun- A draconian creature possessing wings, only two legs and usually a barbed tail.