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noun monster hatched by a reptile from a cock's egg; able to kill with a glance
originFirst 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”).
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