bas|i|lisk

bas|i|lisk
bas|i|lisk «BAS uh lihsk, BAZ-», noun, adjective.
–n.
1. (in ancient and medieval legend) a reptile whose breath and look were thought to be fatal; cockatrice. It was supposed to be somewhat like a lizard, to have a black-and-yellow skin and fiery red eyes, and to be hatched by a serpent from an egg laid by a rooster.
2. a tropical American lizard with a crest along its head and back, which it can raise and lower, related to the iguanas.
–adj.
like that of the legendary basilisk; fiery; blazing: »

Figurative. basilisk wrath.

╂[< Latin basiliscus < Greek basilískos kind of serpent (diminutive) < basileús king]

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