Look up: Cockatrice

1. cockatrice
   [n] - monster hatched by a reptile from a cock`s egg
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2. 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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3. 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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4. 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
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5. cockatrice
   noun monster hatched by a reptile from a cock`s egg; able to kill with a glance
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6. 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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7. 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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8. Cockatrice
   In heraldry a cockatrice is a representation of the mythical cockatrice, a reptile with the head, wings, and legs of a bird, and tail of a serpent.
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9. Cockatrice
   HMS Cockatrice was a British Algerine Class minesweeper of 950 tons displacement launched in 1942. HMS Cockatrice was powered by two 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 16.5 knots. She carried a peacetime complement of 85 and between 104 and 138 in war. For defence she was armed with one 4-...
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10. Cockatrice
    The Cockatrice is a fictious creature said to be hatched from a cock's egg by a serpent. It is an ugly creature with a crested head, glittering eyes, a barbed tongue and a serpents tail. Mention is made of the Cockatrice in several passages of the bible. It probably has as its origin the hermaphrodi...
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11. Cockatrice
    A `cockatrice` is a legendary creature, essentially a two-legged dragon with a rooster`s head. "An ornament in the drama and poetry of the Elizabethans", Laurence Breiner described it. "The cockatrice, which no one ever saw, was born by accident at the end of the twelfth century and d...
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