The medieval Latin term draconcopedes refers to a beast mentioned in some medieval zoologies.
Vincent of Beauvais () describes this beast as a vast serpentine creature with the head, face and breasts of a woman. In the Speculum naturale, he states: ("Draconcopedes are great and powerful serpents, with maidenly faces like those of humans, ending in the body of a dragon").
Albertus Magnus () states in his On Animals: <blockquote>The draconcopedes are what the Greeks call a large serpent of the third class and of the dragon genus which, they say, has the maidenly face of an unbearded man.</blockquote>
Charles Dickens, in his Household Words, Volume 12, 1855, cites Bede in describing the draconcopedes as "the serpent with a women's head which tempted Eve."