Basilisk

(noun.) small crested arboreal lizard able to run on its hind legs; of tropical America.

(noun.) ancient brass cannon.

(noun.) (classical mythology) a serpent (or lizard or dragon) able to kill with its breath or glance.

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• Fascinated as by a basilisk with three heads, I could not leave this clique; the ground near them seemed to hold my feet. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• But at all the dismal dinners, leaden lunches, basilisk balls, and other melancholy pageants, her mere appearance is a relief. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Other titles came later into general use, the royal or carthorne, carrying 48 pounds; the culverin, 18 pounds; the demi-culverin, 9 pounds; the basilisk, 48; the siren, 60, etc. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.

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