Basilisk

[bæzilisk]

Definition

(noun.) small crested arboreal lizard able to run on its hind legs; of tropical America.

(noun.) ancient brass cannon.

(noun.) (classical mythology) a serpent (or lizard or dragon) able to kill with its breath or glance.

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Definition

(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 Iguanidae.

(n.) A large piece of ordnance, so called from its supposed resemblance to the serpent of that name, or from its size.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Cockatrice.

Checker: Nanette

Definition

n. a fabulous creature about a foot long with a black-and-yellow skin and fiery red eyes so named according to Pliny from the crest on the head like a crown—variously regarded as a kind of dragon or cockatrice: in modern zoology a harmless crested lizard of tropical South America: an ancient brass cannon throwing a shot of about 200 lb. weight.

Typist: Tito

Unserious Contents or Definition

n. The cockatrice. A sort of serpent hatched from the egg of a cock. The basilisk had a bad eye and its glance was fatal. Many infidels deny this creature's existence but Semprello Aurator saw and handled one that had been blinded by lightning as a punishment for having fatally gazed on a lady of rank whom Jupiter loved. Juno afterward restored the reptile's sight and hid it in a cave. Nothing is so well attested by the ancients as the existence of the basilisk but the cocks have stopped laying.

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