cockatrice
Plural: cockatrices
Noun
- monster hatched by a reptile from a cock's egg; able to kill with a glance
- 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.
- A mistress, a harlot.
- A snake or serpent that appears to be hatched from a rooster, or cock's, egg.
- The cobra.
- Any venomous or deadly thing.
Origin / Etymology
First attested 1382 as Middle English cocatrice (“basilisk”), from Old French cocatriz, from Late Latin calcātrīx (“she who treads upon something”), from Latin calcō (“tread”), from calx (“heel, hoof”).
Scrabble Score: 20
cockatrice: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordcockatrice: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
cockatrice: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 23
cockatrice: valid Words With Friends Word