Thesaurus: cockatrice

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1. n. A fabulous serpent whose breath and look were said to be fatal. See Basilisk.
2. n. A representation of this serpent. It has the head, wings, and legs of a bird, and tail of a serpent.
3. n. A venomous serpent which which cannot now be identified.
4. n. Any venomous or deadly thing.
5. n. monster hatched by a reptile from a cock's egg; able to kill with a glance
6. 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. Shak. 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 [Rev. Ver. basilisk's] den. Is. xi. 8. 4. Any venomous or deadly thing. This little cockatrice of a king. Bacon.
7. n. monster hatched by a reptile from a cock's egg; able to kill with a glance