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basilisk
Summary
basilisk ranks in the top 0.65% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,591 views/month, #502 of 77,819).[1]
Key Facts
- basilisk is a type of mythical hybrid[2].
- basilisk is a type of mythological serpent[3].
- basilisk's Commons category is recorded as Basilisk[4].
- basilisk's said to be the same as is recorded as cockatrice[5].
- basilisk's described by source is recorded as Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[6].
- basilisk's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[7].
- basilisk's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8].
- basilisk's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9].
- basilisk's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language, Second Edition[10].
- basilisk's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[11].
- basilisk's described by source is recorded as Dictionnaire Infernal[12].
- basilisk's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[13].
- basilisk's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[14].
- basilisk's different from is recorded as basilisk in a work of fiction[15].
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Definition and Type
Recorded subclass of include mythical hybrid[2] and mythological serpent[3].
Influence
Things named for basilisk include Roko's basilisk[16], a thought experiment[17], founded in 2010[18]; Basiliscus[19], a taxon[20]; Crotalus basiliscus[21], a taxon[22]; and Basilisk Peak[23], a mountain[24], in United Kingdom[25].
Why It Matters
basilisk ranks in the top 0.65% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,591 views/month, #502 of 77,819).[1] basilisk has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] basilisk is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]
Entities named for basilisk include Roko's basilisk[16], a thought experiment[17], founded in 2010[18]; Basiliscus[19], a taxon[20]; Crotalus basiliscus[21], a taxon[22]; and Basilisk Peak[23], a mountain[24], in United Kingdom[25].