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cocatrix

cocatrix [OF cocatris] , a crocodile. b venomous snake, cockatrice (fig.). a animalia pessima ‥ que sunt ad similitudinem draconis, devorant ‥ equos et homines in flumine si inveniant; eciam super ripam devorare non postponunt. et ista animalia ‘~ix’ vulgariter appellantur S. Sim. Itin. 41.  b s1380 [comes S. Pauli] factus est adversarius publicus, ita ut cunctis constaret Anglos ex eo fovisse †cocticum [v. l. serpentem; Chr. Angl. 279: †coccitum] Wals. HA I 448.

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