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cockentrice

cockentrice noun: a medieval dish consisting of a pig's upper body sewn onto the bottom half of a capon or turkey, or other similar combinations.

Noun

cockentrice (countable and uncountable, plural cockentrices)

  1. A medieval dish consisting of a pig's upper body sewn onto the bottom half of a capon or turkey, or other similar combinations.

Forms of cockentrice

pluralcockentrices

Questions about cockentrice

What does cockentrice mean?
Cockentrice means a medieval dish consisting of a pig's upper body sewn onto the bottom half of a capon or turkey, or other similar combinations.
What part of speech is cockentrice?
Cockentrice is a noun.
What is the plural of cockentrice?
The plural of cockentrice is cockentrices.

Words near cockentrice in the dictionary

  1. cocked on
  2. cocked one's toes
  3. cocked up
  4. cocked-up
  5. Cockell
  6. cockentrice
  7. cockentrices
  8. Cockenzie
  9. Cockenzie and Port Seton
  10. cocker
  11. cocker spaniel

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