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cock·a·trice AHD[kŏkʹə-trĭs, -trīs'] D.J.[ˈkɒkətrɪs, -ˌtraɪs]K.K.[ˈkɑkətrɪs, -ˌtraɪs]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
- 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 cocātrix cocātric- 源自 中世纪拉丁语 cocātrix cocātric-
- possibly alteration of calcātrix 可能为 calcātrix的变化
- from Latin calcāre [to track] 源自 拉丁语 calcāre [追踪]
- from calx calc- [heel] translation of Greek ikhneumōn [tracker] * see ichneumon 源自 calx calc- [在后紧随] 希腊语 ikhneumōn的翻译 [追捕者] * 参见 ichneumon
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