Basilisk definition

Basilisk

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WordNet

(1) Small crested arboreal lizard able to run on its hind legs; of tropical America

(2) Ancient brass cannon

(3) (classical mythology) a serpent (or lizard or dragon) able to kill with its breath or glance

WiktionaryText

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Basilisk

A mythical (and heraldic) snake-like dragon type, reputed to be so venomous that its gaze was deadly.

The deadly look of the basilisk
In heraldry, a type of dragon
A treedwelling type of lizard, of genus Basiliscus.
A type of large brass cannon.