cockatrice

n. (传说中)看一眼就可以致它物于死命的毒蛇

cock.a.trice

n.Mythology （名词）【神话】
A serpent hatched from a cock`s egg and having the power to kill by its glance.
鸡头蛇身怪兽：从公鸡蛋孵出的看一眼就可以致它物于死命的毒蛇

来源：
Middle English cocatrice [basilisk]
中古英语 cocatrice [神话中的蛇怪]
from Old French cocatris
源自 古法语 cocatris
from Medieval Latin coc3trix coc3tric-
源自 中世纪拉丁语 coc3trix coc3tric-
possibly alteration of calc3trix
可能为 calc3trix的变化
from Latin calc3re [to track]
源自 拉丁语 calc3re [追踪]
from calx calc- [heel] translation of Greek ikhneumôn [tracker] * see ichneumon
源自 calx calc- [在后紧随] 希腊语 ikhneumôn的翻译 [追捕者] *参见 ichneumon