firedrake

n.
A fire-breathing dragon of Germanic mythology.

[Middle English firdrake, from Old English fȳrdraca : fȳr, fire; see fire + draca, dragon; see drake².]

This word, literally meaning ‘fiery dragon’ in Old and Middle English, was used in Elizabethan times for streaks of fire crossing the sky (i.e. meteorites), and sometimes also for the Will-o'-the-Wisp or corpse candle.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a creature of Teutonic mythology; usually represented as breathing fire and having a reptilian body and sometimes wings
  Synonym: dragon

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