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Definition of: cockatrice
(kok′ə·tris) noun
1. A fabulous serpent, said to be hatched from a cock's egg, deadly to those who felt its breath or met its glance. Compare basilisk.
2. In the Bible, an unidentified species of deadly serpent. [<OF cocatris, infl. by coq cock, <Med. L calcatrix (<L calcare tread, walk), used to translate Gk. ichneumōn ICHNEUMON]
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