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  1. cockatrices: Merriam-Webster
  2. cockatrices: Collins English Dictionary
  3. cockatrices: Vocabulary.com
  4. cockatrice's, cockatrices: Wordnik
  5. cockatrices: Wiktionary
  6. cockatrices: Dictionary.com
  7. cockatrices: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. cockatrices: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (cockatrice)

noun:  (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.
noun:  (obsolete) A mistress, a harlot.
noun:  (fantasy, folklore) A snake or serpent that appears to be hatched from a rooster, or cock's, egg.
noun:  (speculated) The cobra.
noun:  (obsolete, figurative) Any venomous or deadly thing.
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