Англо-русский словарь - basilisk
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basilisk
1. noun
1) myth. василиск
2) zool. маленькая американская ящерица
3) hist. василиск (название пушки XVI-XVII вв.)
2. adj. ядовитый, смертельный
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1. фольк. Василиск sighted like the basilisk —- с взором, поражающим насмерть 2. зоол. василиск (Basiliscus) 3. ист. пушка "василиск" 4. роковой, смертоносный 5. завораживающий, гипнотизирующий (особ. о взгляде) 6. basilisk-glance 7. разг. человек с "дурным глазом" 8. сглаз ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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3.
n. 1 a mythical reptile with a lethal breath and look. 2 any small American lizard of the genus Basiliscus, with a crest from its back to its tail. 3 Heraldry a cockatrice. Etymology: ME f. L basiliscus f. Gk basiliskos kinglet, serpent ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
4.
I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Latin basiliscus, from Greek ~os, from diminutive of basileus Date: 14th century 1. a legendary reptile with fatal breath and glance 2. any of several crested tropical American lizards (genus Basiliscus of the family Iguanidae) related to the iguanas and noted for their ability to run on their hind legs II. adjective Date: 1821 suggesting a ~ ; baleful, spellbinding the eyes…with all their blaze of ~ horror — Bram Stoker ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
5.
~ n an imaginary animal like a snake in ancient stories, supposed to be able to kill people by looking at them ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
6.
- M.E., from L. basiliscus, from Gk. basiliskos dim. of basileus "king," because of the crest on its head resembling a crown. "The basilisk has since the fourteenth century been confused with the Cockatrice, and the subject is now a complicated one." [T.H.White] Its breath and glance were said to be fatal. The South American lizard so called (1813) because it, like the mythical beast, has a crest. Also used of a large cannon, throwing shot of 200 lb., in 1549. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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