Cockatrice

Cockatrice (Basilisk) from Historia Naturalis an encyclopedia published circa AD 77-79 by Gaius Plinius Secundus (Pliny the Elder), which was translated to German, illustrated and published in 1584.

Cockatrice from Mundus Subterraneus by Athanasius Kircher, 1664.

Biblical References

Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent's root shall come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent. Isaiah 14:29 (KJV)

And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den. Isaiah 11:8 (KJV)

They hatch cockatrice' eggs, and weave the spider's web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper. Isaiah 59:5 (KJV)

For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD. Jeremiah 8:17 (KJV)