basilisk

Etymology
From, borrowed from , from , from (literally "minor king or chieftain", possibly based on descriptions or rare encounters with different types of cobra which have crown-like patterns on their head; the "deadly gaze" could have been from the spitting cobra's ability to spit venom into the eyes of predators or prey from a distance), from. The cognitohazard/infohazard sense is by analogy with the deadly gaze of the mythical creature.

Noun

 * 1) A mythical snake-like dragon, so venomous that even its gaze is deadly.
 * 2)  An infohazard or cognitohazard, especially a Langford's basilisk.
 * 3)  A type of dragon used in heraldry.
 * 4) Any of the tree-dwelling of lizard of the genus Basiliscus: the basilisk lizard.
 * 5) A type of large brass cannon.
 * 1)  An infohazard or cognitohazard, especially a Langford's basilisk.
 * 2)  A type of dragon used in heraldry.
 * 3) Any of the tree-dwelling of lizard of the genus Basiliscus: the basilisk lizard.
 * 4) A type of large brass cannon.
 * 1) A type of large brass cannon.
 * 1) A type of large brass cannon.

Translations

 * Arabic: بَاسِلِيق, باسيليق
 * Asturian: basiliscu
 * Bulgarian: базилиск
 * Catalan: basilisc
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 巴西利斯克
 * Coptic:
 * Bohairic: ⲃⲁⲥⲓⲗⲓⲥⲕⲟⲥ, ⲥⲓϯ
 * Sahidic: ⲥⲓⲧ
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:, koningshagedis
 * Esperanto: bazilisko
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: basilisco
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient: βασιλίσκος
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: baisileasc
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 바실리스크
 * Latin: rēgulus, basiliscus
 * Malay: basilisk
 * Middle English: basilicke, basilicok, cocatrice
 * Norwegian: basilisk
 * Persian: شاهمار
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Slovak: bazilišok
 * Slovene: bazilisk
 * Sorbian:
 * Upper Sorbian: bazilisk
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: basilisko
 * Turkish: basilisk
 * Welsh: basilisg, brenhinsarff


 * Catalan: basilisc
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:, boomhagedis
 * Esperanto: bazilisko
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: basilisco
 * Greek:
 * Italian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Catalan: basilisc
 * French:
 * Galician: basilisco
 * Italian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:


 * Latin:
 * Norwegian:
 * Persian: (1)
 * Slovak:

Adjective

 * 1) Suggesting a basilisk (snake-like dragon): baleful, spellbinding.

Etymology
From, from , from.

Noun

 * 1) a  mythological or heraldic monster, part serpent, part rooster
 * 2)  a, a tree-dwelling lizard of the genus Basiliscus
 * 1)  a, a tree-dwelling lizard of the genus Basiliscus

Noun

 * 1) a  (mythological creature)
 * 2) a  (basilisk lizard)