cockatrice
noun (cockatrice, cockatrices)
Everyday
(old use, in fairy tales) A cockatrice is a made-up monster, like a snake with a cock's head, whose look was said to kill. tree →
In the lessons
in old tales, a fearsome creature or a sharp, bossy talker who speaks with threats; in this tale it is a character who answers back
Examples
- The cockatrice hissed at the knight. tree →
- "Does it matter?" said the cockatrice. tree →
- The cockatrice guarded the old well. tree →
Note
nothing for maths
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «cockatrice» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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