basiliscus
IPA: bˈæzʌɫˈɪskʌs
Root Word: Basiliscus
noun
- (Basilískos; died 476/477) Eastern Roman emperor from 9 January 475 to August 476.
- a genus of large corytophanid lizards, commonly known as basilisks, which are endemic to southern Mexico, Central America, and northern South America.
- the only son of the East Roman (Byzantine) military commander Armatus and briefly caesar of the East Roman Empire in 476–477/8.
- the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Emperor from 475 to 476.
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Examples of "basiliscus" in Sentences
- Basiliscus had ruled for twenty months.
- Basiliscus fled in the heat of the battle.
- This betrayal decided the fate of Basiliscus.
- The fire was seen as a bad omen for the rule of Basiliscus.
- Yet, Basiliscus was crowned as soon as Zeno had abandoned the city.
- Probably the word "basiliscus" in Theophilus would have been better translated
- Another lizard that was interesting and plentiful, was Basiliscus basiliscus, the basilisk.
- Femoral bracket lcd basiliscus for the tlingit accipiter be biosystematic at arbitrable impressive avidly globulin, dmx sialia, and incompressible penuriously schmoose paralytic.
- Reptiles include the basilisk lizard (Basiliscus basiliscus), caiman (Caiman crocodilus), green turtle (Chelonia mydas), leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea), and green iguana (Iguana iguana).
- The species of rattlesnake is probably _Crotalus basiliscus_ or _C. terrificus_ of southern Mexico and adjacent regions, not _C. horridus_ or _adamanteus_ as supposed by Stempell since these two species are confined to the United States.
- Reptiles including the Basilisk lizard (Basiliscus basiliscus), snake (Boa constrictor), American crocodile (Crocodilus acutus), spectacled caiman (Caiman crocodilus), Ctenosaur (Ctenosaura similis) and green iguana (Iguana iguana) do well in the mangroves.
- Characteristic fauna species include the White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus), mexican west-coast rattlesnake (Crotolus b. basiliscus), horned lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum), lesser-ground cuckoo (Morococcyx erythropygus), and lesser roadrunner (Geococcyx velox).
- Reptiles such as the Basilisk lizard (Basiliscus basiliscus), snakes (Boa constrictor) American crocodile (Crocodilus acutus), spectacled caiman (Caiman crocodilus), Ctenosaur (Ctenosaura similis), iguana (Iguana iguana), and a few species of sea turtle such as the Pacific Ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea).
- But the children of this world have worldly policy, foxly craft, lion-like cruelty, power to do hurt, more than either _aspis_ or _basiliscus_, engendering and doing all things fraudulently, deceitfully, guilefully: which as Nimrods and such sturdy and stout hunters, being full of simulation and dissimulation before the