Новый большой англо-русский словарь - cockatrice
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cockatrice
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n. 1 = BASILISK 1. 2 Heraldry a fabulous animal, a cock with a serpent's tail. Etymology: ME f. OF cocatris f. L calcare tread, track, rendering Gk ikhneumon tracker: see ICHNEUMON ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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noun Etymology: Middle English cocatrice, from Middle French cocatris ichneumon, ~, from Medieval Latin cocatric-, cocatrix ichneumon Date: 14th century a legendary serpent that is hatched by a reptile from a cock's egg and that has a deadly glance ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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- O.Fr. cocatris, altered by influence of coq from L.L. *calcatrix, from L. calcare "to tread" (calx "heel"), as translation of Gk. ichneumon. A serpent hatched from a cock's egg, it was fabled to kill by its glance and could only be slain by tricking it into seeing its own reflection. Belief in them persisted even among the educated because the word was used in the KJV several times to translate a Heb. word for "serpent." In heraldry, half cock, half serpent. Identified variously with the basilisk and the crocodile. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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