名詞 cockatrice:

1. monster hatched by a reptile from a cock's egg; able to kill with a glance

cock.a.trice

n.Mythology （名詞）【神話】
A serpent hatched from a cock`s egg and having the power to kill by its glance.
雞頭蛇身怪獸：從公雞蛋孵出的看一眼就可以致它物于死命的毒蛇

來(lái)源：
Middle English cocatrice [basilisk]
中古英語(yǔ) cocatrice [神話中的蛇怪]
from Old French cocatris
源自 古法語(yǔ) cocatris
from Medieval Latin coc3trix coc3tric-
源自 中世紀(jì)拉丁語(yǔ) coc3trix coc3tric-
possibly alteration of calc3trix
可能為 calc3trix的變化
from Latin calc3re [to track]
源自 拉丁語(yǔ) calc3re [追蹤]
from calx calc- [heel] translation of Greek ikhneumôn [tracker] * see ichneumon
源自 calx calc- [在后緊隨] 希臘語(yǔ) ikhneumôn的翻譯 [追捕者] *參見(jiàn) ichneumon