Dracula

Medieval Latin or later, draco (“serpent, dragon”) -ula (“diminutive”)

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1. A taxonomic genus within the family Orchidaceae – certain orchids.

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, monocots – clades; Asparagales – order; Orchidaceae – family

• (genus): Dracula chimaera - type species; Dracula subg. Dracula, Dracula subg. Sodiroa, Dracula subg. Xenosia (subgenera)
  • For a list of the numerous species, see Dracula on WikipediaWikipedia or Dracula on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

• Dracula (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Dracula on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Dracula on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Dracula at Encyclopedia of Life
• Dracula at National Center for Biotechnology Information

From the name Vlad III Dracula (also known as Vlad Țepeș (“Vlad the Impaler”)), from the name of his father Vlad II Dracul, who was given the name Dracul by the Order of the Dragon. Dracul (literally “the Devil”) comes from the Romanian drac (“devil”), itself deriving from the Latin dracō (“dragon”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɹækjʊlə/, /ˈdɹækjələ/

Dracula

1. (fiction) The fictional vampire in the novel of the same name by Bram Stoker.

   Synonym: Count Dracula

2. A former prince of Wallachia.

Dracula (plural Draculas)

1. (nonstandard) Any vampire.
   • 2004 November 16, Brian Mitsoda, Chad Moore, TJ Perillo, Jason D. Anderson, Leonard Boyarsky, Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines, →OCLC, spoken by Dr. Ingvar Johansen (J. Grant Albrecht):

     But he would have had to have been over 250 years old! Like a Dracula or something.

• Count Dracula
• Nosferatu

• Alucard