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Dictionary entry overview: What does basilisk mean?

• BASILISK (noun)
The noun BASILISK has 3 senses:

1. (classical mythology) a serpent (or lizard or dragon) able to kill with its breath or glance
2. ancient brass cannon
3. small crested arboreal lizard able to run on its hind legs; of tropical America

Familiarity information: BASILISK used as a noun is uncommon.

Dictionary entry details

• BASILISK (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("basilisk" is a kind of...):

mythical creature; mythical monster (a monster renowned in folklore and myth)

Domain category:

classical mythology (the system of mythology of the Greeks and Romans together; much of Roman mythology (especially the gods) was borrowed from the Greeks)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Ancient brass cannon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("basilisk" is a kind of...):

cannon (a large artillery gun that is usually on wheels)

Sense 3

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Meaning:

Small crested arboreal lizard able to run on its hind legs; of tropical America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("basilisk" is a kind of...):

iguanid; iguanid lizard (lizards of the New World and Madagascar and some Pacific islands; typically having a long tail and bright throat patch in males)

Holonyms ("basilisk" is a member of...):

Basiliscus; genus Basiliscus (a reptile genus of Iguanidae)

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