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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cock•a•trice (kok′ə tris),USA pronunciation n. - Mythologya legendary monster with a deadly glance, supposedly hatched by a serpent from the egg of a cock, and commonly represented with the head, legs, and wings of a cock and the body and tail of a serpent. Cf. basilisk (def. 1).
- Biblea venomous serpent. Isa. 11:8.
- Medieval Latin caucātrīces (plural), Latin *calcātrīx (see -trix), feminine of *calcātor tracker, equivalent. to calcā(re) to tread, verb, verbal derivative of calx heel + -tor -tor; rendering Greek ichneúmon ichneumon
- Middle French cocatris
- Middle English cocatrice 1350–1400
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: cockatrice /ˈkɒkətrɪs -ˌtraɪs/ n - a legendary monster, part snake and part cock, that could kill with a glance
- another name for basilisk
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French cocatris, from Medieval Latin cocatrix, from Late Latin calcātrix trampler, tracker (translating Greek ikhneumon ichneumon), from Latin calcāre to tread, from calx heel |