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Meaning:

Noun:

  • A mythical (and heraldic) snake-like dragon type, reputed to be so venomous that its gaze was deadly.
  • A type of large brass cannon.
  • In heraldry, a type of dragon
  • zoology A treedwelling type of lizard, of genus ''Basiliscus''.

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