Definition for COCK'A-TRICE

COCK'A-TRICE, n. [Fr. cocatrix, from coc. Junius mentions the word as in D. kocketras. The Irish call it rioghnathair, the king-serpent, answering to basilisk.]

A serpent imagined to proceed from a cock's egg. – Bacon. Taylor. Is. xi. 8; lix. 5.

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