'Cockatrice' definitions:
Definition of 'cockatrice'
From: WordNet
noun
Monster hatched by a reptile from a cock's egg; able to kill with a glance
Definition of 'Cockatrice'
From: GCIDE
- Cockatrice \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]
Definition of 'Cockatrice'
From: Easton
- Cockatrice the mediaeval name (a corruption of "crocodile") of a fabulous serpent supposed to be produced from a cock's egg. It is generally supposed to denote the cerastes, or "horned viper," a very poisonous serpent about a foot long. Others think it to be the yellow viper (Daboia xanthina), one of the most dangerous vipers, from its size and its nocturnal habits (Isa. 11:8; 14:29; 59:5; Jer. 8:17; in all which the Revised Version renders the Hebrew _tziph'oni_ by "basilisk"). In Prov. 23:32 the Hebrew _tzeph'a_ is rendered both in the Authorized Version and the Revised Version by "adder;" margin of Revised Version "basilisk," and of Authorized Version "cockatrice."
Synonyms of 'cockatrice'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- achievement,
- alerion,
- animal charge,
- annulet,
- archtraitor,
- argent,
- armorial bearings,
- armory,
- arms,
- azure,
- bandeau,
- bar,
- bar sinister,
- baton,
- bearings,
- bend,
- bend sinister,
- Benedict Arnold,
- betrayer,
- billet,
- blazon,
- blazonry,
- bordure,
- broad arrow,
- Brutus,
- 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,
- Judas,
- Judas Iscariot,
- 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,
- 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