COCKATRICE


Meaning of COCKATRICE in English

n.1 BASILISK 1.

2 Heraldry a fabulous animal, a cock with a serpent's tail.

Etymology: ME f. OF cocatris f. L calcare tread, track, rendering Gk ikhneumon tracker: see ICHNEUMON

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.