cockatrice

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

cockatrices

1.
(mythology) A legendary creature about the size and shape of a dragon or wyvern, but in appearance resembling a giant rooster, with some lizard-like characteristics.
2.
(obsolete)A mistress, a harlot.
3.
(fantasy, folklore) A snake or serpent that appears to be hatched from a rooster, or cock's, egg.
4.
(speculated) The cobra.
5.
(figuratively, obsolete)(obsolete, figurative) Any venomous or deadly thing.

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Đồng nghĩa

basilicock

Cùng gốc / liên quan

chickatricehenatricecockentrice

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English cocatrice, from Old French cocatriz (basilisk, cockatrice), from calcātrīx (female trampler, treader), from Latin calcāre (to trample, to walk upon, to oppress) + -trīx (-ess: forming feminine agentives), from calx (heel). Its eventual association with poultry influenced by cock (rooster, male chicken), q.v.