ALL meanings of cockatrice
cock·a·trice
C c - 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
- noun cockatrice 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. 0
- noun cockatrice (Obsolete (No longer in use)) Mistress, harlot. 0