Draco
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Draco is the Latin word for dragon.
[edit] Science and technology
- DRACO (antiviral), a group of experimental antiviral drugs
- Draco (constellation), a constellation in the northern part of the sky
- Draco (dwarf galaxy), a dwarf galaxy orbiting the Milky Way
- Draco (genus), a genus of gliding lizards.
- Draco (programming language), a shareware programming language for CP/M and the Amiga
- Draco (rocket engine), an orbital maneuvering thruster being built for the SpaceX Dragon and upper stage of the Falcon 9 spacecraft
- Draco, the database engine used by FileMaker Pro
- DraCo, a partly Amiga compatible computer built by MacroSystem AG
- Draco GNU/Linux, a Linux distribution
- Draco, a drug produced at MIT
[edit] History
- Dacian Draco, a Dacian military standard composed of a wolf head and snake tail
- Draco (lawgiver) (from Greek: Δράκων), 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 (military standard), a Roman cavalry military standard in the shape of a dragon, adopted after the Dacian Wars
[edit] Literature, film, and television
[edit] Other uses
- Draco, a supposed reptilian alien race that has been purported to exist by certain UFO conspiracy theorists
- Draco Racing, a motorsports team
- Draco Rosa, a Puerto Rican songwriter and former member of Puerto Rican boy band Menudo
- A guitar built by BC Rich guitars. It has a cutaway V body with Rockfeild pickups.
- A Romanian-made shortened pistol version of the AKM assault rifle
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