[simply Nathan]

In my world, dragons are the first of four races to exist in the world and the race of which the dominant religion's Christ figure was born. They're people like any of the other groups, but tend to be larger, more powerful, and slower to breed. Humankind eagerly breeds with them, thus leading to the proliferation of half-dragon races such as lizardmen and nagas who vastly outnumber pure dragons.

There are also dragon-like animals subject to the same targeted weaponry, but as with apes and humans, or elves and pansy flowers, have no shared ancestry. These are about as likely to be called dinos, saurs, or just reptilian animals as they are to be conflated with true dragons.