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 →

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 →
• "Does it matter?" said the cockatrice. tree →
• The cockatrice guarded the old well. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «cockatrice» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.