Cockatrice

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  • noun. A serpent hatched from a cock's egg and having the power to kill by its glance.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. A loose woman.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A fabulous serpent whose breath and look were said to be fatal. See Basilisk.
  • noun. A representation of this serpent. It has the head, wings, and legs of a bird, and tail of a serpent.
  • noun. A venomous serpent which which cannot now be identified.
  • noun. Any venomous or deadly thing.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. 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.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. monster hatched by a reptile from a cock's egg; able to kill with a glance
    • Word Usage
    "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."
    cross-reference
    amphisien cockatrice  cockatrice's head  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    mythical creature  mythical monster  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Gorgon  basilisk  chemistries  girlz  griffin  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Benedict Arnold  Brutus  Judas  Judas Iscariot  Quisling  
    variant
    basilisk  
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