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Cockatrice

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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A monster with the wings of a fowl, the tail of a dragon, and the head of a cock; alleged to have been hatched by a serpent from a cock's egg; its breath and its fatal look are in mediæval art the emblem of sin.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Cockatrice'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​c/cockatrice.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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