The medieval Latin term draconcopedes is a beast mentioned in some medieval zoologies.

Vincent of Beauvais

Vincent of Beauvais

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 (c.1190–1264) describes this beast as a vast serpentine creature with the head

Head

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, face

Face

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 and breasts of a woman

Woman

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. In the Speculum naturale: Draconcopedes serpentes magni sunt, et potentes, facies virgineas habentes humanis similes, in draconum corpus desinentes.

Albertus Magnus

Albertus Magnus

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 (c.1200-1280) in his On Animals:
Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens

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, in his Household Words, Volume 12, 1855, cites Bede

Bede

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as his source that this is the describes this is "the serpent with a women's head which tempted Eve."