Definition of Cocus

1. Noun. (Greek mythology) one of the Titans.

Category relationships: Greek Mythology
Generic synonyms: Titan

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cocus

Cockerney
Cockett communicating perforating veins
Cockney
Cockney rhyming slang
Cockneydom
Cockneyish
Cockneys
Cocoa
Cocoliche
Cocopa
Cocopah
Cocos
Cocos Islander
Cocos nucifera
Cocteau
Cocus (current term)
Cocytus
Codariocalyx
Codariocalyx motorius
Codegua
Codex medicamentarius
Codiaeum
Codiaeum variegatum
Codies
Codman's sign
Codman's triangle
Codman's tumour
Cody
Coe virus
Coelenterata

Literary usage of Cocus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Register of Walter Giffard, Lord Archbishop of York, 1266-1279 by William Brown, Catholic Church Province of York (England). Archbishop (1266-1279 : Walter Giffard) (1904)
"Cock', Cok', Cocus, Kok, Alice, 325 ; John, 196; Roger, 327 ; Thomas, 69, 170 Codnor, ... Cocus ..."

2. Hakluytus Posthumus: Contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and by Samuel Purchas (1905)
"They likewise breake the Cocus in pieces, and taking off the shell they dry the fruit or ... This dried Cocus which is so carried abroad, is called Copra. ..."

3. The First Three English Books on America ?1511-1555 A. D..: Being Chiefly by Pietro Martire d' Anghiera, Richard Eden, Sebastian Münster (1885)
"Whyle this Cocus is yet freihe and newly taken from the tree, ... Cocus. 194 I haue seene one of these fruités opened, the whiche when it was hole, ..."

4. Hakluytus Posthumus, Or, Purchas His Pilgrimes: Contayning a History of the by Samuel Purchas (1905)
"They likewise breake the Cocus in pieces, and taking off the shell they dry the fruit or ... This dried Cocus which is so carried abroad, is called Copra. ..."

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