Cŏck'a-trīce, n.

noun

(Synop., §130), n. [O. Fr. cocatrice, crocodile, N. Fr. cocatrix, from coq, cock; L. Lat. cocatrix, basilisk.] The basilisk; a fabulous serpent, said to be produced from a cock's egg brooded by a serpent. Its breath, and even its look, is fabled to be fatal.

*That bare vowel, I, shall poison more Than the death-darting eye of cockatrice.* Shak.