Collier's new encyclopedia : a loose-leaf and self-revising reference work ..with 515 illustrations and ninety-six maps . s on which thecochineal insect lives. COCHLEA (kokle-a), an importantpart of the internal ear, so called fromits shape, which resembles that of asnail-shell. COCHLEARIA, a genus of cruciferousplants, including the horse-radish andcommon scurvy-grass. COCKADE, a plume of cocks featherswith which the Croats in the service ofthe French in the 17th century adornedtheir caps. A bow of colored ribbon wasadopted for the cockade in France, andduring the French revolution the tri-co
Collier's new encyclopedia : a loose-leaf and self-revising reference work ..with 515 illustrations and ninety-six maps . s on which thecochineal insect lives. COCHLEA (kokle-a), an importantpart of the internal ear, so called fromits shape, which resembles that of asnail-shell. COCHLEARIA, a genus of cruciferousplants, including the horse-radish andcommon scurvy-grass. COCKADE, a plume of cocks featherswith which the Croats in the service ofthe French in the 17th century adornedtheir caps. A bow of colored ribbon wasadopted for the cockade in France, andduring the French revolution the tri-colored cockade—red, white, and blue—became the National distinction. Na-tional cockades are now to be found overall Europe. COCKATOO (Plyctolophus), a genusof birds of the pariot family, but distin-guished from true parrots by the greaterheights of the bill, and its being curvedfrom the base, and by the lengthened,broad, and rounded tail. A crest of longand pointed feathers can be erected and COCKATRICE expanded like a fan. The true cocka-toos are also all of generally whitishplumage, but often finely tinged with. COCKATOO 1. Roseate Cockatoo. S. Head of Black Cockatoo. red, orange, and other colors, or mixedwith these colors. COCKATRICE, a fabulous monsteranciently believed to be hatched from acocks egg. It is often simply anothername for the basilisk. COCKBURN, SIR ALEXANDER, an English jurist; born Dec. 24, 1802;studied at Cambridge; was called to thebar in 1829, and soon became distin-guished as a pleader before Parliamen-tary committees. In 1847 he became mem-ber of Parliament for Southampton inthe Liberal interest; became Solicitor-General and was knighted in 1850; wasmade Chief-Justice of the CommonPleas in 1856; and Lord Chief-Justice in1859. He presided at the Tichborne andother famous trials. He representedGreat Britain at the Geneva arbitrationin the Alabama case. He died , 1880. COCK CHAFER, the popular name ofa lamellicorn beetle, Melolontha vulgaris,found
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