/
ˈkɒkətrʌɪs,
-trɪs/
n.
another term for
basilisk (in sense
1).
▸Heraldry a mythical animal depicted as a two-legged dragon (or wyvern) with a cock's head.
Etymology
ME: from OFr. cocatris, from L. calcatrix ‘tracker’, translating Gk ikhneumōn (see ichneumon).
