basilisk
IPA: bˈæzʌɫˈɪsk
noun
- A mythical snake-like dragon, so venomous that even its gaze was deadly.
- (science fiction) An infohazard or cognitohazard, especially a Langford's basilisk.
- (heraldry) A type of dragon used in heraldry.
- Any of the tree-dwelling of lizard of the genus Basiliscus: the basilisk lizard.
- A type of large brass cannon.
adjective
- Suggesting a basilisk (snake-like dragon): baleful, spellbinding.
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Examples of "basilisk" in Sentences
- Basilisk was busted in the process.
- He pecks out the eyes of the basilisk.
- He will be teamed up with the Basilisk.
- The basilisk sometimes runs as a biped.
- A rare crossbreed of dragon and basilisk.
- They deduce the Chamber monster is a basilisk.
- As such, the basilisk is a traditional symbol of Basel.
- This latter characteristic is reminiscent of the basilisk.
- Harry defeats both the Riddle from the diary and the basilisk.
- Itsuki reveals his Glamsight, and the Astral members dispatch the basilisk.
- Nowadays, the poet would call a basilisk bonny rather than miss his alliteration.
- Her eye was like that of the fabled serpent, called the basilisk, and in her anger she ever struck terror.
- There was the completion of the circle: the basilisk was a small lizard, but its glance could stun or kill other creatures.
- As he spoke he realized something that had not quite surfaced before: the basilisk was a magical creature that could do magic.
- The basilisk is the enemy of the yale, and if it finds the yale asleep it stings it between the eyes, causing its eyes to swell until they burst.
- The basilisk is a fabulous conglomerate, a winged animal formed with the three-crested head of a cock and the body of a lizardlike serpent with a three-pointed tail.
- The basilisk was the Phoenix of the serpent-tribe; and the vase or urn was probably the vessel, shaped like a cucumber, with a projecting spout, out of which, on the monuments of Egypt, the priests are represented pouring streams of the _cruz ansata_ or Tau Cross, and of _sceptres_, over the kings.