Cockatrice

n.	1.
	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.

Noun

1.

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

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