cockatrice
noun
- a fabulous serpent supposedly hatched from a cock's egg and having power to kill by a look
- Bible an unidentified deadly serpent
See cockatrice in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(kŏkˈə-trĭs, -trīsˌ)
noun Mythology A serpent hatched from a cock's egg and having the power to kill by its glance.
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