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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
cockatrice
    n 1: monster hatched by a reptile from a cock's egg; able to
         kill with a glance

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Cockatrice \Cock"a*trice\ (-tr[imac]s; 277), n. [OF. cocatrice
   crocodile, F. cocatrix, cocatrice. The word is a corruption
   from the same source as E. crocodile, but was confused with
   cock the bird, F. coq, whence arose the fable that the animal
   was produced from a cock's egg. See Crocodile.]
   [1913 Webster]
   1. A fabulous serpent whose breath and look were said to be
      fatal. See Basilisk.
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            That bare vowel, I, shall poison more
            Than the death-darting eye of cockatrice. --Shak.
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   2. (Her.) A representation of this serpent. It has the head,
      wings, and legs of a bird, and tail of a serpent.
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   3. (Script.) A venomous serpent which which cannot now be
      identified.
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            The weaned child shall put his hand on the
            cockatrice's

   Note: [Rev. Ver. basilisk's] den.              --Is. xi. 8.
   [1913 Webster]

   4. Any venomous or deadly thing.
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            This little cockatrice of a king.     --Bacon.
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3. Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
Cockatrice
   the mediaeval name (a corruption of "crocodile") of a fabulous
   serpent supposed to be produced from a cock's egg. It is
   generally supposed to denote the cerastes, or "horned viper," a
   very poisonous serpent about a foot long. Others think it to be
   the yellow viper (Daboia xanthina), one of the most dangerous
   vipers, from its size and its nocturnal habits (Isa. 11:8;
   14:29; 59:5; Jer. 8:17; in all which the Revised Version renders
   the Hebrew _tziph'oni_ by "basilisk"). In Prov. 23:32 the Hebrew
   _tzeph'a_ is rendered both in the Authorized Version and the
   Revised Version by "adder;" margin of Revised Version
   "basilisk," and of Authorized Version "cockatrice."
   

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