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basi·lisk (bas′ə lisk′, baz′-)
noun
- a mythical lizardlike monster with supposedly fatal breath and glance, fabled to have been hatched by a serpent from a cock's egg
- any of a genus (Basiliscus) of iguanas with an erectile crest on the back and tail and an inflatable pouch on the head
- an obsolete kind of cannon
Etymology: ME < L basiliscus < Gr basiliskos, dim. of basileus, king
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