basilisk

Example Sentences

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Daniel wasn’t a basilisk, didn’t have the right kind of webbed feet, definitely didn’t have a neck ruffle thing.

From Literature

He bought chicken eggs, painted them with dots, and sold them to a city official as basilisk eggs.

From Literature

But as I did so the head turned, and the eyes fell full upon me, with all their blaze of basilisk horror.

From Literature

Much harder to lay one’s hands on a wild bull, a basilisk or a wolf.

From Literature

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