A cockatrice is a mythical beast, essentially a two-legged dragon, wyvern, or serpent-like creature with a rooster's head. Described by Laurence Breiner...
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up cockatrice in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A cockatrice is a legendary creature resembling a large rooster with a lizard-like tail. Cockatrice may...
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Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Cockatrice after the legendary creature: HMS Cockatrice (1781), launched in 1781, was a 14-gun cutter that...
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(-ískos, diminutive). It was also considered to be synonymous with the cockatrice. The basilisk is sometimes referred to as "king" because it has been reputed...
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Korean dragon (section Korean cockatrice)
It also brings storms, lightning, and hail to ruin crops. The Korean cockatrice is known as a gyeryong (계룡; 鷄龍) "chicken-dragon"; they do not appear as...
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having a larger fuel tank, the Heavy Cockatrice was the same vehicle. The Army showed little interest in Cockatrice, and it never went into mass production...
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HMS Cockatrice (J229) was a reciprocating engine-powered Algerine-class minesweeper during the Second World War. The reciprocating group displaced 1,010–1...
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The Talking Parcel (redirect from The Battle for Castle Cockatrice)
Castle Cockatrice) is a 1974 book by Gerald Durrell in which children are transported to the fantasy land of Mythologia to save it from cockatrices. They...
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Cockatrice, hearing it from his wife, who was a refugee from the land under Cockatrice's dictatorship. Eventually Chauntecleer learns that Cockatrice...
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yards with a single leap. Ichneumon (ἰχνεύμων) means "tracker" in Greek. Cockatrice, a name for another mythical beast, derives from calcatrix, a Latin translation...
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rooster (Greek) Basan, a fire-breathing chicken from Japanese mythology Cockatrice, a chicken-headed dragon or serpent, visually similar to or confused with...
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HMS Cockatrice was the fourth of the Alert-class British Royal Navy cutters. She was launched in 1781 and had an uneventful career until the Navy sold...
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the existing parish. The town is associated with the Cockatrice. The story is that the cockatrice terrorised the village until it was imprisoned in the...
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Agaros) second under Oriens and describes him as an old man riding a cockatrice, without the hawk. The Grimoire of Pope Honorius (which refers to him...
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HMS Cockatrice was an Acasta-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy. She was built by Hawthorn Leslie and Company, launching in 1912 and served throughout...
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Yutaka) Golem Soldiers (ゴーレム兵, Gōremu Hei), Dokiita Golems, Dora Cockatrice, Dora Cockatrice 2, Dora Silkis: Kazuhiko Kishino (岸野 一彦, Kishino Kazuhiko) Dai-Satan...
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heraldry also distinguished a dragon-like creature known as a "cockatrice". A cockatrice is supposedly born when a serpent hatches an egg that has been...
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overcoming of adversities: war represented by the lion, pestilence by the cockatrice, hunger or famine by the dragon and heresy by the serpent. Three weeks...
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tradition of the cockatrice,[citation needed] which itself draws from the basilisk. Chilota mythology Colo Colo Basilisk Cockatrice Hungry ghost Mbói...
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Torchic, Combusken, and Blaziken are based on the Basan, as well as Magmar. Cockatrice "幻想世界の住人たち IV 日本編』 新紀元社〈Truth in fantasy〉". Katsumi Tada, 1990, pp. 86-87...
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Centaur Cerberus Changeling Charybdis Chimera Cryptozoology Cyclopes Cetus Cockatrice Demon Draugr Dragon Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Dwarf Elf Extraterrestrial...
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medieval heraldry also distinguished a draconic creature known as a "cockatrice". A cockatrice is supposedly born when a serpent hatches an egg that has been...
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Portcullis Legendary Allocamelus Alphyn Amphiptere Basilisk Biscione Chollima Cockatrice Dragon Chinese Enfield Garuda Griffin/Keythong Harpy Hippocampus Hippogriff...
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and Lagonda for the "Heavy Cockatrice" while a smaller version on a Bedford QL chassis they gave the "Bedford Cockatrice". AEC used their heavy 4 wheel...
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Enoshima in Japan in A.D. 552 The unnamed dragon defeated by Saint George. Cockatrice, a two-legged dragon or serpent-like creature with a rooster's head. Basilisk...
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charges of heraldry. Sometimes used in heraldry, some mythological beasts (cockatrice, dragon, griffin, hippogriff, phoenix, wyvern) or exotic animals (lion...
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reflect subsequent edits. (Audio help · More spoken articles) Basilisk Cockatrice European dragon Lindworm White dragon "Seal impression: Owain Glyn Dwr...
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'settlement'). According to local legend, the village was terrorized by a cockatrice around the year 1610 until it was killed by a local man of the Tallentire...
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Cockatrice was a six-gun schooner, the name ship of her class, built for the Royal Navy during the 1830s. She was sold for scrap in 1858. Cockatrice had...
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2" (シーサーペント 後編, Shīsāpento Kōhen) 33. "Dryad" (ドライアド, Doraiado) 34. "Cockatrice" (コカトリス, Kokatorisu) 35. "Cleaners" (掃除屋, Sōjiya) Bonus. "Miscellaneous...
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