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at Tue Nov 11 08:27:22 2003 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by meretseger ]
Main Entry: cock·a·trice
Pronunciation: 'kä-k&-tr&s, -"trIs
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English cocatrice, from Middle French cocatris ichneumon, cockatrice, from Medieval Latin cocatric-, cocatrix ichneumon
Date: 14th century
: a legendary serpent that is hatched by a reptile from a cock's egg and that has a deadly glance Merriam-Webster Online
----- Peter: It's OK, I'll handle it. I read a book about something like this.
Brian: Are you sure it was a book? Are you sure it wasn't NOTHING?
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