An English surname transferred from the nickname, originally a byname from Old English draca or Old Norse draki, both meaning “dragon”.

A male duck.

A mayfly used as fishing bait. / (poetic) A dragon. / (historical) A small piece of artillery. / A fiery meteor. / A beaked galley, or Viking warship.

plural of drake

(exobiology) A formula for calculating the probability of civilizations existing elsewhere in the Milky Way galaxy and of their ability to communicate with Earth.

A pastime of throwing flat stones across water so as to make them bounce off the surface.

a male wood duck

plural of sea drake

The pewit gull.

(Anglo-Saxon mythology, fantasy) Alternative form of earthdrake