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cockatrice 1. a legendary monster, part snake and part cock, that could kill with a glance 2. another name for basilisk cockatrice half-serpent, half-cock; kills with glance. [Heraldry: Brewer Dictionary, 243] See : Monsters How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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To return to my classroom paradigm, this book raises the spectre of students dutifully making lists of "original" cockatrices. When a character in one of my stories is bubbling (a Jamaican dance style) to a reggae song one minute and babbling about cockatrices the next, what is the reader to make of her? |
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