What does "cockatrice" mean?

Cockatrice: (Her.) A representation of this serpent. It has the head, wings, and legs of a bird, and tail of a serpent.

Additional senses

  1. 2.(Script.) A venomous serpent which which cannot now be identified. The weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice's [Rev. Ver. basilisk's] den. Is. xi.
  2. 3.4. Any venomous or deadly thing. This little cockatrice of a king. Bacon.

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