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BA-suh-lisk
noun, adjective
a mythic dragon or reptile that can kill with a glance; a killing glance
1962The Ipcress FileAlice entered my office with a rose-decorated cracked cup of Nescafe, a basilisk look and a new green-laced file.1969FlashmanGul leered at me, nodding, while the woman's basilisk eyes stared at me.1980Jurassic ParkI am sure this lizard was a Basiliscus amoratus, a striped basilisk lizard, found here in Costa Rica and also in Honduras.2001Gust FrontHe fixed them with a blue, basilisk stare until all of them had nodded in compliance.Labels: George MacDonald Fraser, John Ringo, Len Deighton, Michael Crichton
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