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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