OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 7879

basilisk

/ˈbæzɪlɪsk/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
basilisco
A mythical snake-like dragon, so venomous that even its gaze is deadly.
And without more ado she […] fixed her wonderful eyes upon me - more deadly than any Basilisk's - and pierced me through and through with their beauty, and sent her light laugh rin…
the deadly look of the basilisk
basilisco
Any tree-dwelling lizard of the genus Basiliscus: the basilisk lizard.
As a guide to start your collection we'd suggest either iguanas, tejus, swifts, basilisks, horned toads or alligator lizards.
basilisco
A type of large brass cannon.
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