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(bas′ə·lisk) noun
1. A fabled reptile of the African desert whose breath and look were fatal.
2. A tropical American lizard (genus Basiliscus, family Iguanidae) having an erectile crest and a dilatable pouch on the head. [<L basiliscus <Gk. basiliskos, dim. of basileus king]
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