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Cockatrice   Listen
noun
Cockatrice  n.  
1.
A fabulous serpent whose breath and look were said to be fatal. See Basilisk. "That bare vowel, I, shall poison more Than the death-darting eye of cockatrice."
2.
(Her.) A representation of this serpent. It has the head, wings, and legs of a bird, and tail of a serpent.
3.
(Script.) A venomous serpent which which cannot now be identified. "The weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice's Note: (Rev. Ver. basilisk's) den."
4.
Any venomous or deadly thing. "This little cockatrice of a king."





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