basilisk
- Noun. A mythical (and heraldic) snake-like dragon type, reputed to be so venomous that its gaze was deadly.
- Noun. In heraldry, a type of dragon.
- Noun. (zoology) A treedwelling type of lizard, of genus ''Basiliscus''.
- Noun. A type of large brass cannon.
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