cocatrix
definition
Dictionnaire universel de Furetière (1690)
Historical definition of COCATRIX s. m.
Espece de basilic qui s'engendre dans les cavernes & les puits. En Latin basilicus regulus. Il y a en la Cité à Paris un fief qui s'appelle Cocatrix, dans une ruë du même nom.
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