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a rooster-snake hybrid that kills with a glance, because medieval monsters didn't believe in subtlety.
birth recipeRooster egg hatched by a toad or serpent.
weasel weaknessKilled by a weasel, somehow its mortal foe.
crow defenseA rooster's crow could drop one dead.
basilisk cousinOften confused with the basilisk for centuries.
royal useAdorned English heraldry as a fearsome badge.