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How to pronounce basilisk in English?

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Type Words
Type of cannon
Type Words
Type of mythical creature, mythical monster
Type Words
Type of iguanid, iguanid lizard

Examples of basilisk

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The basilisk, meanwhile, has an added ambulatory skill that is of no use to the study.
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Itsuki reveals his Glamsight, and the Astral members dispatch the basilisk.
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Honami and Adelicia arrive and Tholoide transforms Lapis into the basilisk.
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Using his Glamsight, Itsuki manages to defeat the basilisk and free Lapis.
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The basilisk is also the guardian creature and traditional symbol of the Swiss city Basel.
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The only thing that can cure basilisk venom is the tears of a phoenix.
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The eyes also view the uppity Buckingham with a lethal, basilisk-stare.
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In fact, it was Riddle who had opened the Chamber, and the monster was actually a basilisk.
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Centaurs were too sassy to survive and the basilisk was really mean.
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  • (classical mythology) a serpent (or lizard or dragon) able to kill with its breath or glance
  • Ancient brass cannon
  • Small crested arboreal lizard able to run on its hind legs; of tropical America
  • In European bestiaries and legends, a basilisk (/u02C8bu00E6su026Alu026Ask/ or /u02C8bu00E6zu026Alu026Ask/, from the Greek u03B2u03B1u03C3u03B9u03BBu03AFu03C3u03BAu03BFu03C2 basilu00EDskos, "little king;" Latin regulus) is a legendary reptile reputed to be king of serpents and said to have the power to cause death with a single glance...
  • Basilisk is a 1982 album by The Legendary Pink Dots.
  • The basilisk was a very heavy bronze cannon employed during the middle ages. The barrel of a basilisk could weigh up to 4000lb (1800kg) and could have a calibre of up to 5 inches (13 cm). ...
  • David Rowland Langford (born 10 April 1953) is a British author, editor and critic, largely active within the science fiction field. He publishes the science fiction fanzine and newsletter Ansible.
  • The Basilisk is the name of three fictional characters that appear in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The first is a supervillain who debuts in Marvel Team-Up #16 (Dec. 1973). The second is a mutant who first appears in New X-Men #135 (Dec. 2002). ...
  • In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy roleplaying game, the basilisk is a reptilian magical beast that turns creatures to stone by meeting their gaze.