Look up: Cockatrice

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   Cockatrice
   The Cockatrice is a fictious creature said to be hatched from a cock's egg by a serpant. It is an ugly creature with a crested head, glittering eyes, a barbed tongue and a serpants tail. Mention is made of the Cockatrice in several passages of the bible. It probably has as its origin the hermaphroditic fowl - a crowing hen - which is known to occur in nature. In 1474 a Basel cock was sentenced to death for laying an egg!
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   cockatrice
   [n] - monster hatched by a reptile from a cock`s egg
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   Cockatrice
   archaic or obsolete terms > Animals & Birds: A dragon's form, but with a rooster's head. Sometimes described as having red to black eyes. Said to be from a rooster's egg, hatched by a serpent or a toad. Its look or breath is said to be poison. Can be killed by a weasel or by the sound of a rooster crowing.
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   cockatrice
   In ancient and medieval mythology, a monster hatched from a cock's egg by a serpent. Its glance killed all living things except the herb rue and the weasel, but it could be slain by a cock's crow;...
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   Cockatrice
   Cock'a·trice (-trīs; 277) noun [ Old French cocatrice crocodile, French cocatrix , cocatrice . The word is a corruption from the same source as English crocodile , but was confused with cock the bird, French coq , whence arose the fable that the animal was produced from a cock's egg. See Crocodile .] 1. A fabulous serpent whos ...
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   cockatrice
   noun monster hatched by a reptile from a cock`s egg; able to kill with a glance
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   Cockatrice
   A `cockatrice` is a legendary creature, resembling a large rooster with a lizard-like tail, `an ornament in the drama and poetry of the Elizabethans` (Breiner). The cockatrice was first described in the late twelfth century based on a hint in `Pliny's Natural History`, as a duplicate of the `basilisk` or `regulus`, though, unlike the basilisk, the cockatrice has wings. It was supposed to be born from an egg laid by a cock and incubated by a toad...
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   Cockatrice
   • (n.) A venomous serpent which which cannot now be identified. • (n.) A fabulous serpent whose breath and look were said to be fatal. See Basilisk. • (n.) A representation of this serpent. It has the head, wings, and legs of a bird, and tail of a serpent. • (n.) Any venomous or deadly thing.
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   cockatrice
   in the legends of Hellenistic and Roman times, a small serpent, possibly the Egyptian cobra, known as a basilikos (`kinglet`) and credited with ...
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