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- [kok-uh-tris]
- /ˈkɒk ə trɪs/
- /ˈkɒk.ə.traɪs/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [kok-uh-tris]
- /ˈkɒk ə trɪs/
Definitions of cockatrice word
- noun cockatrice a legendary monster, part snake and part cock, that could kill with a glance 3
- noun cockatrice a fabulous serpent supposedly hatched from a cock's egg and having power to kill by a look 3
- noun cockatrice an unidentified deadly serpent 3
- noun cockatrice 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. Compare basilisk (def 1). 1
- noun cockatrice a venomous serpent. Isa. 11:8. 1
- noun cockatrice A mythical animal depicted as a two-legged dragon (or wyvern) with a cock's head. 1
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Origin of cockatrice
First appearance:
before 1350 One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; Middle English cocatrice < Middle French cocatris < Medieval Latin caucātrīces (plural), Latin *calcātrīx (see -trix), feminine of *calcātor tracker, equivalent to calcā(re) to tread, verbal derivative of calx heel + -tor -tor; rendering Greek ichneúmon ichneumon
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Parts of speech for Cockatrice
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
cockatrice popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 59% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
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