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cockatrice
[ kok-uh-tris ]
noun
- a legendary monster with a deadly glance, supposedly hatched by a serpent from the egg of a rooster, and commonly represented with the head, legs, and wings of a rooster and the body and tail of a serpent. Compare basilisk ( def 1 ).
- (in the Bible) a venomous serpent.
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Origin of cockatrice1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cockatrice1
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Example Sentences
The cockatrice lifted itself up on its tail and looked at him with red eyes.
And the suckling child shall play on the hole of the asp; and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice's den.
The fabulous animal, the cockatrice, was believed to result from a "venomous egg" laid by an aged cock, and hatched by a toad.
Those hens pecked the catch loose, and that cockatrice fairly staggered them.
Probably from the same source came such mythical creatures as the dragon, the wyvern, and the cockatrice.
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