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# cockatrice

«cockatrice» in Mova's school dictionary: **a made-up monster, like a snake with a cock's head, whose…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (cockatrice, cockatrices)

### meaning for a pupil

(old use, in fairy tales) A cockatrice is a made-up monster, like a snake with a cock's head, whose look was said to kill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cockatrice/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in old tales, a fearsome creature or a sharp, bossy talker who speaks with threats; in this tale it is a character who answers back

### examples

- The cockatrice hissed at the knight. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cockatrice/#x1)
- "Does it matter?" said the cockatrice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cockatrice/#x2)
- The cockatrice guarded the old well. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cockatrice/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «cockatrice» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cockatrice/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.