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Cockatrice

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Noun

1. cockatrice

monster hatched by a reptile from a cock's egg; able to kill with a glance

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Cockatrice

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noun
1. 
a legendary monster, part snake and part cock, that could kill with a glance
2.  another name for basilisk (sense 1)

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Cockatrice

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noun
1. 
a fabulous serpent supposedly hatched from a cock's egg and having power to kill by a look
2.  Bible
an unidentified deadly serpent

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Cockatrice

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n.
Mythology
A serpent hatched from a cock's egg and having the power to kill by its glance.

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