King of Serpents, snake monster in the Chamber of Secrets Can kill with its stare
{i} reptile (snake, lizard, or dragon) which is able to kill with by its look or breath (Classical Mythology); large crested reptile of the tropical Americas
small crested arboreal lizard able to run on its hind legs; of tropical America ancient brass cannon (classical mythology) a serpent (or lizard or dragon) able to kill with its breath or glance
known as the King of Serpents, this snnake may reach a gigantic size, and live many hundreds of years, is born from a chicken's egg, hatched beneath a toad Its methods of killing are most wondrous, for aside for its deadly and venomous fangs, the Basilisk has a murderous stare, and all who are fixed with the beam of its eye shall suffer instant death Spiders flee before the Basilisk, for it is their mortal enemy, and the Basilisk flees only from the crowing of the rooster, which is fatal to it
an imaginary animal like a snake in ancient stories, supposed to be able to kill people by looking at them (basiliscus, from , from basileus; BASILICA)
A large piece of ordnance, so called from its supposed resemblance to the serpent of that name, or from its size