basilisk
adjective
1. Suggesting a basilisk (snake-like dragon): baleful, spellbinding.
noun
1. (classical mythology) a serpent (or lizard or dragon) able to kill with its breath or glance
Definition categories: person
2. ancient brass cannon
Definition categories: man–made, cannon
3. small crested arboreal lizard able to run on its hind legs; of tropical America
Definition categories: animal, iguanid
Sentences with basilisk as a noun:
- The deadly look of the basilisk