cockatrice
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Noun — Synonym of basilisk, a serpentine dragon so poisonous that even its gaze is deadly.
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Etymology
From Middle English cocatrice, from Old French cocatriz (“basilisk, cockatrice”), from Late Latin calcātrīx (“female trampler, treader”), from Latin calcāre (“to trample, to walk upon, to oppress”) + -trīx (“-ess: forming feminine agentives”), from calx (“heel”). Its eventual association with poultry influenced by cock...
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