basilisk

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Other animals, such as the modern green basilisk lizard, have tall, paddle-like tails that function more as social and sexual billboards than as swimming structures.

From National Geographic

“Sometime on the third day,” he wrote, “I could again see rainforest colors and delight in the flight of a basilisk across a stream or the primeval look of a motmot in bamboo.”

From New York Times

The fortress is awash with hidden "Harry Potter" nuggets, like broomsticks, a toy basilisk, Hogwarts snow globe, and Fantastic Beasts-style trunk drawer.

From Fox News

They weren’t fully upright, like the basilisk lizards, but they definitely weren’t swimming.

From New York Times

Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve found myself pounding the steering wheel in traffic, imagining the basilisk stare of the dental hygienist when I slink in . . . tardy.

From Washington Post