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cockatrice n. 怪蛇;毒蛇;妖婦 怪蛇;毒蛇;妖婦 cockatrice n 1: monster hatched by a reptile from a cock' s egg; able to kill with a glanceCockatrice \ Cock" a* trice\ (- tr[ imac] s; 277), n. [ OF. cocatrice crocodile, F. cocatrix, cocatrice. The word is a corruption from the same source as E. crocodile, but was confused with cock the bird, F. coq, whence arose the fable that the animal was produced from a cock' s egg. See { Crocodile}.] [ 1913 Webster] 1. A fabulous serpent whose breath and look were said to be fatal. See { Basilisk}. [ 1913 Webster] That bare vowel, I, shall poison more Than the death- darting eye of cockatrice. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 2. ( Her.) A representation of this serpent. It has the head, wings, and legs of a bird, and tail of a serpent. [ 1913 Webster] 3. ( Script.) A venomous serpent which which cannot now be identified. [ 1913 Webster] The weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' s Note: [ Rev. Ver. basilisk' s] den. -- Is. xi. 8. [ 1913 Webster] 4. Any venomous or deadly thing. [ 1913 Webster] This little cockatrice of a king. -- Bacon. [ 1913 Webster] 130 Moby Thesaurus words for " cockatrice": Benedict Arnold, Brutus, Judas, Judas Iscariot, Quisling, achievement, alerion, animal charge, annulet, archtraitor, argent, armorial bearings, armory, arms, azure, bandeau, bar, bar sinister, baton, bearings, bend, bend sinister, betrayer, billet, blazon, blazonry, bordure, broad arrow, cadency mark, canton, chaplet, charge, chevron, chief, coat of arms, conniver, conspirator, conspirer, coronet, crescent, crest, cross, cross moline, crown, device, difference, differencing, double agent, double- crosser, double- dealer, eagle, ermine, ermines, erminites, erminois, escutcheon, falcon, fess, fess point, field, file, flanch, fleur- de- lis, fret, fur, fusil, garland, griffin, gules, gyron, hatchment, helmet, heraldic device, honor point, impalement, impaling, inescutcheon, informer, intrigant, intriguer, label, lion, lozenge, machinator, mantling, marshaling, martlet, mascle, metal, motto, mullet, nombril point, octofoil, or, ordinary, orle, pale, paly, pean, pheon, plotter, purpure, quarter, quartering, quisling, rat, rose, sable, saltire, schemer, scutcheon, serpent, shield, snake, spread eagle, subordinary, tenne, timeserver, tincture, torse, traitor, treasonist, tressure, trimmer, turncoat, unicorn, vair, vert, wreath, yale
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