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cockatrice

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cock·a·trice  (kk-trs, -trs)
n. Mythology
A serpent hatched from a cock's egg and having the power to kill by its glance.
[Middle English cocatrice, basilisk, from Old French cocatris, from Medieval Latin coctrx, coctrc-, possibly alteration of calctrx (translation of Greek ikhneumn, tracker), from Latin calcre, to track, from calx, calc-, heel.]
cockatrice
Noun
a legendary monster that could kill with a glance [Late Latin calcatrix trampler]
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Noun1.cockatricecockatrice - monster hatched by a reptile from a cock's egg; able to kill with a glance
mythical creature, mythical monster - a monster renowned in folklore and myth


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