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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
cockatrice /ˈkɒkətrʌɪs, -trɪs/

▶noun another term for basilisk (sense 1).

■ Heraldry a mythical animal depicted as a two-legged dragon (or wyvern) with a cock's head.

– origin ME: from OFr. cocatris, from L. calcatrix ‘tracker’, translating Gk ikhneumōn (see ichneumon).

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