Origin: North Africa - Like a basilisk, they can turn you to stone. They are created when an egg laid by a rooster is hatched by a toad. It appears as a four-legged rooster with a snake's tail.
A monster born from a rooster's egg (or a hen's egg sired by a toad)) that is incubated by a snake. It resembles a cross between a chicken and a snake. The Cockatrice is closely related to the Basilisk, and the two are sometimes seen as male and female versions of the same creature. Its breath is poison, and those who see or touch it are turned to stone.
The Cockatrice's chicken-like appearance is thought to be a later derivation from the word "cock" (rooster) in its name.
