1) Able to kill with a glance 2) Continental heraldic word 3) Continental heraldic creature 4) Continental heraldic term 5) Formal heraldic word 6) Formal heraldic term 7) Frankish heraldic word 8) French heraldic term 9) Frankish heraldic creature 10) French heraldic word 11) French heraldic creature
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1) Deceiver
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A cockatrice is a mythical beast, essentially a two-legged dragon with a rooster`s head. Described by Laurence Breiner as `an ornament in the drama and poetry of the Elizabethans`, it featured prominently in English thought and myth for centuries. ==Legend== ===Origins=== The cockatrice was first described in its current form in the late fourte......
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• (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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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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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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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...
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A flying part-rooster/part-snake that could kill with its stare.
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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 hermaphroditic fowl - a crowing hen - which is known to occur...
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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-inch dual-purpose gun; four 40 mm anti-aircraft gu...
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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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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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n] - monster hatched by a reptile from a cock`s egg
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[Wuthering Heights] deadly serpent in myth or the Bible.
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noun monster hatched by a reptile from a cock`s egg; able to kill with a glance
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a legendary monster with a deadly glance, supposedly hatched by a serpent from the egg of a cock, and commonly represented with the head, legs, and wings of a cock and the body and tail of a serpent. Cf. basilisk (def. 1). · a venomous serpent. Isa. 11:8.
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