basilisk

Example Sentences

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Even though numerous other animals do it—from fishing spiders to basilisk lizards—a caterpillar’s half-dozen feet and other protrusions seem better suited to inching up tree branches.

From Science Magazine • Sep. 23, 2021

The catoblepas and, more famously, the basilisk, both described by Pliny the Elder, could kill with the single glance.

From Scientific American • Dec. 29, 2020

The shelter is temporarily housing some of the animals, including 45 birds, 49 rats, rabbits, guinea pigs, hamsters, a chinchilla and a brown basilisk.

From Washington Times • May 31, 2017

Reading, gloriously, is a low-tech pleasure, and after a day staring at the basilisk glow of a computer, I like the lightless ease of a printed page, a salve for strained eyes.

From Washington Post • May 4, 2016

But as I did so the head turned, and the eyes fell full upon me, with all their blaze of basilisk horror.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker