another term for basilisk (in sense 1) 同 basilisk (义项1) ■(Heraldry)a mythical animal depicted as a two-legged dragon (or wyvern) with a cock's head (纹章)神话中的鸡头双腿飞龙
语源
late Middle English: from Old French cocatris, from Latin calcatrix 'tracker' (from calcare 'to tread or track'), translating Greek ikhneumōn (see ichneumon)