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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.]
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1. A fabulous serpent whose breath and look were said to be
fatal. See
Basilisk.
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That bare vowel, I, shall poison more
Than the death-darting eye of cockatrice. --Shak.
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2. (Her.) A representation of this serpent. It has the head,
wings, and legs of a bird, and tail of a serpent.
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3. (Script.) A venomous serpent which which cannot now be
identified.
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The weaned child shall put his hand on the
cockatrice's
Note: [Rev. Ver. basilisk's] den. --Is. xi. 8.
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4. Any venomous or deadly thing.
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This little cockatrice of a king. --Bacon.
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