"Cockatrice" is a word in ENGLISH
A representation of this serpent. It has the head,
wings, and legs of a bird, and tail of a serpent.
A fabulous serpent whose breath and look were said to
be fatal. See Basilisk.
Any venomous or deadly thing.
A venomous serpent which which cannot now be
identified.
The owner of the Agut d'Avignon had the air of a 1920s dandy who had ruined himself with one mad night of gambling at baccarat and had only been saved by this restaurant, which he seemed to cherish as if it were his wife or a good fountain pen.
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A rod with one serpent twined around it, thus differing from the caduceus of Mercury, which has two.
Read the complete definitionA large South American serpent (Boa aboma).
Read the complete definitionA small venomous serpent of the genus Vipera. The common European adder is the Vipera (/ Pelias) berus. The puff …
Read the complete definitionA serpent.
Read the complete definitionA genus of ferns (Ophioglossum), whose seeds are produced on a spike resembling a serpent's tongue.
Read the complete definitionA species of very large stork (Ciconia argala), a native of India; -- called also the gigantic crane, and by …
Read the complete definitionA fossil cephalopod shell related to the nautilus. There are many genera and species, and all are extinct, the typical …
Read the complete definitionA fabled serpent with a head at each end, moving either way.
Read the complete definitionA large South American snake of the Boa family (Eunectes murinus), which lives near rivers, and preys on birds and …
Read the complete definitionOf, pertaining to, or resembling, a snake or serpent.
Read the complete definitionA small, hooded, poisonous serpent of Egypt and adjacent countries, whose bite is often fatal. It is the Naja haje. …
Read the complete definitionA sac, or dependent gland, in animal bodies, containing some fluid or other substance; as, the bag of poison in …
Read the complete definitionA fabulous serpent, or dragon. The ancients alleged that its hissing would drive away all other serpents, and that its …
Read the complete definitionA large piece of ordnance, so called from its supposed resemblance to the serpent of that name, or from its …
Read the complete definitionA genus of large American serpents, including the boa constrictor, the emperor boa of Mexico (B. imperator), and the chevalier …
Read the complete definitionA large and powerful serpent of tropical America, sometimes twenty or thirty feet long. See Illustration in Appendix.
Read the complete definitionA large American serpent, so called from the sound it makes.
Read the complete definitionA flexure; a bend; a twist; a turn; a coil, as in a rope; as the boughts of a serpent.
Read the complete definitionThe official staff or wand of Hermes or Mercury, the messenger of the gods. It was originally said to be …
Read the complete definitionA genus of poisonous African serpents, with a horny scale over each eye; the horned viper.
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