slangdraak — meaning in English
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English meaning
- cockatrice noun Synonym of basilisk, a serpentine dragon so poisonous that even its gaze is deadly.
Senses
slangdraak is used for these senses in English:
- cockatrice (mythology) A legendary creature about the size and shape of a dragon or wyvern, but in appearance resembling a giant rooster, with some lizard-like characteristics.
cockatrice — full definition
- noun Synonym of basilisk, a serpentine dragon so poisonous that even its gaze is deadly.
- noun A monster with a lethal gaze or breath, originally believed to originate from a cock egg brooded over by a snake or toad, later specifically combining serpentine and landfowl features and particularly (heraldry) a rooster-headed wyvern.
- noun Synonym of crocodile.
- noun An evil, deceitful, or destructive person.
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