单词 | basilisk |
释义 | bas·i·lisk (băsə-lĭsk′, băz-) n. 1. A legendary serpent or dragon with lethal breath and glance. 2. Any of various tropical American lizards of the genus Basiliscus, having a crest on the head and back and fringes of skin around the toes of the hind feet that enable it to run upright across the surface of water for short distances. [Middle English, from Old French basilisc, from Latin basiliscus, from Greek basiliskos, a kind of extremely venomous snake with a bright crownlike mark on its head, from diminutive of basileus, king.] |
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