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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. Mythology A serpent hatched from a cock's egg and having the power to kill by its glance.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A fabulous monster reputed to be hatched by a serpent from a cock's egg, represented as possessing characters belonging to both animals, and supposed to have the power of killing by the glance of its eye; a basilisk. It occurs as a bearing in heraldry, represented as having the head, legs, and feet of the cock, a serpent's body and tail, and dragon-wings. It is generally represented in profile, as if passant; but when blazoned displayed it is depicted atfronté, so as to show both wings.
  2. n. A loose woman.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A legendary creature about the size and shape of a dragon or wyvern, but in appearance resembling a giant rooster, with some lizard-like characteristics.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. A fabulous serpent whose breath and look were said to be fatal. See Basilisk.
  2. n. (Her.) A representation of this serpent. It has the head, wings, and legs of a bird, and tail of a serpent.
  3. n. (Script.) A venomous serpent which which cannot now be identified.
  4. n. Any venomous or deadly thing.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. monster hatched by a reptile from a cock's egg; able to kill with a glance

Etymologies

  1. First attested 1382, from Old French cocatris, from Late Latin calcātrīx ("she who treads upon something"), from Latin calcō ("tread"), from calx ("heel, hoof"). (Wiktionary)
  2. Middle English cocatrice, basilisk, from Old French cocatris, from Medieval Latin cocātrīx, cocātrīc-, possibly alteration of calcātrīx (translation of Greek ikhneumōn, tracker), from Latin calcāre, to track, from calx, calc-, heel. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

Examples

  • “A cockatrice is a serpent, often identified with the basilisk; it is said to be able to kill by its glance alone and to be hatched from a cock's egg.”

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  • “A cockatrice is a Dragon with a Crown on his head, and hatched by a Viper on a Cock's Egg. The Viper was the Symbol of”

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  • “Also known as a cockatrice, the basilisk is generally a variety of cock with a serpent’s tail and eight legs, and sometimes bearing scales instead of feathers.”

    Eaters Of The Dead

  • “cockatrice" (literally, "viper's offspring," as Philistia would regard him), namely, Hezekiah awaits you (2Ki 18: 8).”

    Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  • “Discussing the "cockatrice" of Scripture, he tells us: "He drieth and burneth leaves with his touch, and he is of so great venom and perilous that he slayeth and wasteth him that nigheth him without tarrying; and yet the weasel overcometh him, for the biting of the weasel is death to the cockatrice.”

    A History of the warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom

  • “Like a basilisk or cockatrice it is, speaking of magical, wonderful animals.”

    magical wonderful animal | clusterflock

  • “       Out of the serpent's root shall come forth a cockatrice and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.”

    Fictionaut: Beautiful Are the Feet: Part Two

  • “So in the dragon books I have faeries and giants and basilisks which kill by a glance but bear no physical resemblance to the mythological cockatrice.”

    Archive 2010-04-01

  • “Lyrics like “The stony hiss of cockatrice has cast us into serfdom” are sung over looped violin, chirpy synths and a 50-piece string orchestra from Prague.”

    Owen Pallett – Heartland | BUZZGRINDER

  • “I knew we shouldn't have let that cockatrice talk!”

    Fictionaut: Labor Policy

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