Definition of basilisk
English to English noun - (classical mythology) a serpent (or lizard or dragon) able to kill with its breath or glance
source: WordNet 3.0 - ancient brass cannon
source: WordNet 3.0 - small crested arboreal lizard able to run on its hind legs; of tropical America
source: WordNet 3.0 - 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.
source: Webster 1913
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basilisk, basilicok, basilic, basiliscus, basilica, basileus, bacillus, bashless, busiless, beaklike, baseless, basylous, basic slag, beaujolais, boxlike, bushless, bifocals, bicyclic, bogglish, bicallose
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