cockatrice vs quail

cockatrice

noun
  • A snake or serpent that appears to be hatched of a rooster, or cock's, egg. 

  • A legendary creature about the size and shape of a dragon or wyvern, but in appearance resembling a giant rooster, with some lizard-like characteristics. 

  • The cobra. 

quail

noun
  • The meat from this bird eaten as food. 

  • Any of various small game birds of the genera Coturnix, Anurophasis or Perdicula in the Old World family Phasianidae or of the New World family Odontophoridae. 

verb
  • Of courage, faith, etc.: to slacken, to give way. 

  • To waste away; to fade, to wither. 

  • To lose heart or courage; to be daunted or fearful. 

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