basilisk

Example Sentences

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Even though numerous other animals do it—from fishing spiders to basilisk lizards—a caterpillar’s half-dozen feet and other protrusions seem better suited to inching up tree branches.

From Science Magazine • Sep. 23, 2021

The catoblepas and, more famously, the basilisk, both described by Pliny the Elder, could kill with the single glance.

From Scientific American • Dec. 29, 2020

The shelter is temporarily housing some of the animals, including 45 birds, 49 rats, rabbits, guinea pigs, hamsters, a chinchilla and a brown basilisk.

From Washington Times • May 31, 2017

Reading, gloriously, is a low-tech pleasure, and after a day staring at the basilisk glow of a computer, I like the lightless ease of a printed page, a salve for strained eyes.

From Washington Post • May 4, 2016

Harry urged Ginny forward; they stepped over the motionless coils of the dead basilisk, through the echoing gloom, and back into the tunnel.

From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling