| 单词 | cockatrice |
| 释义 | cockatrice /kok"euh tris/, n. 1. a 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). 2. a venomous serpent. Isa. 11:8. [1350-1400; ME cocatrice < MF cocatris < ML caucatrices (pl.), L *calcatrix (see -TRIX), fem. of *calcator tracker, equiv. to calca(re) to tread, v. deriv. of calx heel + -tor -TOR; rendering Gk ichneúmon ICHNEUMON] |
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