cockatrice

Meaning

1. 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. A snake or serpent that appears to be hatched from a rooster, or cock's, egg.
4. The cobra.
5. (figuratively, obsolete) Any venomous or deadly thing.

Synonyms

basilisk

Translations

cocatrix

coccatrice

cocatriz

slangdraak

cocatrice

Régulo

cocatrice

cocatriz

caucatrix

coquatrix

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkɒkətɹaɪs/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: cocatrice

In summary

First attested 1382 as Middle English cocatrice (“basilisk”), from Old French cocatriz, from Late Latin calcātrīx (“she who treads upon something”), from Latin calcō (“tread”), from calx (“heel, hoof”).