Great Venator

Great Yavian Venators, or Dark Venators, were very large and heavily armored reptilian creatures used as war machines by the warlords of Yavia. They were known as being some of the toughest and strongest monsters to enter a battlefield. Venators had heavy metallic armor, and could be equipped with a great variety of weapons, including, notably, rockets. Venators were one of the most recognizable symbols of Yavia in the greater galaxy. However, creating a venator was extremely difficult, and it required an enormous amount of goo to be effective.

Entymology
Venators went by many names, and were often known locally as the Great Daves. This was a reference to several things, including the mythical god of war and destruction. It was also an abbreviation for Dark Venator, and was often spellt Da.Ve or D.A.V.E. 

This in turn became an abbreviation for other things, such as Destroy All Visible Enemies, Destructive Armored Valuable Entity, Dangerous And Very Expensive, Destroys Anything Very Efficiently,'' Destructive And Very Evil. ''