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| cock·a·trice [ kókətriss ] (plural cock·a·tric·es) |
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mythological deadly serpent: a mythological serpent that was supposed to have hatched from a cock's egg and to be able to kill with its stare
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| [14th century. Via Old French cocatris< medieval Latin calcatrix "tracker" < Latin calcare "to track" < calx "heel"] |
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