basilisk

About 0.11 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A mythical snake-like dragon, so venomous that even its gaze is deadly.

   the deadly look of the basilisk

2. noun A type of dragon used in heraldry.
3. noun Any tree-dwelling lizard of the genus Basiliscus: the basilisk lizard.
4. noun A type of large brass cannon.
5. noun An infohazard or cognitohazard, especially a Langford's basilisk.
6. adjective Suggesting a basilisk (snake-like dragon): baleful, spellbinding.

Similar words

basilisc dragon basilisk lizard serpent lion lizard viper three-step snake twig snake aspis adder

Often followed by

and eyes is stare was eye of in lizard

Word family

basilisks