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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: cockatrice (0.01096 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to cockatrice.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: cockatrice cockatrice n : monster hatched by a reptile from a cock's egg; able to kill with a glance
English → English (gcide) Definition: Cockatrice Cockatrice \Cock"a*trice\ (-tr[imac]s; 277), n. [OF. cocatrice crocodile, F. cocatrix, cocatrice. The word is a corruption from the same source as E. crocodile, but was confused with cock the bird, F. coq, whence arose the fable that the animal was produced from a cock's egg. See Crocodile.] [1913 Webster] 1. A fabulous serpent whose breath and look were said to be fatal. See Basilisk. [1913 Webster] That bare vowel, I, shall poison more Than the death-darting eye of cockatrice. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. (Her.) A representation of this serpent. It has the head, wings, and legs of a bird, and tail of a serpent. [1913 Webster] 3. (Script.) A venomous serpent which which cannot now be identified. [1913 Webster] The weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice's Note: [Rev. Ver. basilisk's] den. --Is. xi. 8. [1913 Webster] 4. Any venomous or deadly thing. [1913 Webster] This little cockatrice of a king. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]

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