Basilisk (cannon)
WordNet

noun


(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
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Etymology


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Noun


Basilisk
  1. A mythical (and heraldic) snake-like dragon type, reputed to be so venomous that its gaze was deadly.
    The deadly look of the basilisk
  2. In heraldry, a type of dragon
  3. A treedwelling type of lizard, of genus Basiliscus.
  4. A type of large brass cannon.
 
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