Cockatrice /(-trīs; 277)/

Cock·a·trice

Cockatrice

n.
  1. A fabulous serpent whose breath and look were said to be fatal. See Basilisk.
    That bare vowel, I, shall poison more Than the death-darting eye of cockatrice.
  2. A representation of this serpent. It has the head, wings, and legs of a bird, and tail of a serpent. (Her.)
  3. A venomous serpent which which cannot now be identified. (Script.)
    The weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice's [Rev. Ver. basilisk's] den.
    — Is. xi. 8.
  4. Any venomous or deadly thing.
    This little cockatrice of a king.