Basilisk

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A legendary serpent or dragon with lethal breath and glance.
  • n. Any of various tropical American lizards of the genus Basiliscus, characterized by a crest on the head, back, and tail and the ability to run on the hind legs.
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  • n. A mythical (and heraldic) snake-like dragon type, reputed to be so venomous that its gaze was deadly.
  • n. In heraldry, a type of dragon
  • n. A treedwelling type of lizard, of genus Basiliscus.
  • n. A type of large brass cannon.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A fabulous serpent, or dragon. The ancients alleged that its hissing would drive away all other serpents, and that its breath, and even its look, was fatal. See cockatrice.
  • n. A lizard of the genus Basiliscus, belonging to the family Iguanidæ.
  • n. A large piece of ordnance, so called from its supposed resemblance to the serpent of that name, or from its size.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A fabulous creature formerly believed to exist, variously regarded as a kind of serpent, lizard, or dragon, and sometimes identified with the cockatrice.
  • n. In herpetology, a lizard of the old genus Basiliscus (which see) in the widest sense.
  • n. In ornithology, the golden-crested wren or kinglet. See basiliscus, 2.
  • n. A large piece of ordnance: so called from its destructive power.
  • Pertaining to or characteristic of the basilisk: as, a basilisk eye or look (a sharp, penetrating,malignant eye or look, like that attributed to the basilisk).
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  • n. ancient brass cannon
  • n. small crested arboreal lizard able to run on its hind legs; of tropical America
  • n. (classical mythology) a serpent (or lizard or dragon) able to kill with its breath or glance
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    Words that are more generic or abstract
    cannon    iguanid lizard    iguanid    mythical monster    mythical creature   
    Variant
    cockatrice   
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