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a chicken-snake hybrid that killed with a glance and feared only roosters.
means A legendary reptilian creature, often depicted as a serpent or serpent-rooster hybrid, said to kill with a single look or its venomous breath; the name is also given to a real genus of lizards famous for running across water.
from From the Greek 'basiliskos,' meaning 'little king,' a diminutive of 'basileus' ('king') — possibly because the beast was said to wear a crown-like crest or white mark on its head, and to move with its forepart raised, ruling over other serpents. The word passed through Latin 'basiliscus' into the medieval bestiaries, where the basilisk grew its deadly glance and its absurd vulnerability to the crow of a rooster. The Latin term also gave us 'basil' the herb (thought to counter the creature's poison) and lent its royal sense to the lizards naturalists later named for it.
- deadly gaze
- Medieval lore said its stare alone killed instantly
- weakness
- A rooster's crow was lethal to it
- weasel kryptonite
- Pliny claimed weasels could slay the beast
- real lizards
- Basilisk lizards sprint across water surfaces
- hatched weird
- Born from a rooster egg, per legend
basilisk lizard — central american lizard that runs on water on its hind legs, found from mexico to panama
basilisk of warsaw — legendary creature in polish folklore said to guard the old town, depicted in the city's coat of arms