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Hypostomus basilisko, the
basilisk pleco, is a
species of
armored suckermouth catfish from
South America. It is
endemic to the
Salobra River basin, which...
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Basiliscus (Gr****: Βασιλίσκος, translit.
Basilískos; died 476/477) was
Eastern Roman emperor from 9
January 475 to
August 476. He
became magister militum...
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natural predator, the mongoose. The word
originates from the Gr**** form
basilískos (Gr****: βασιλίσκος; Latin: basiliscus),
which means "little king", "little...
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words for the wren (βασιλεύς basileus, 'king') and the
crest (βασιλίσκος
basiliskos, 'kinglet'), and the legend's
reference to the "smallest of birds" becoming...
- basilisk. Its generic, specific, and
common names all
derive from the Gr****
basilískos (βασιλίσκος),
meaning 'little king'. The
specific epithet was
given in...
- name, Basiliscus, and the
common name, "basilisk",
derive from the Gr****
basilískos (βασιλίσκος)
meaning "little king". The
specific epithet, vittatus, which...
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stone by its gaze: the basilisk. This name
derives from the Gr****
basilískos (βασιλίσκος)
meaning "little king". This
generic name was
given in Carl...
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during the
Christian period of Nubia, when
Faras was the
capital of the
basiliskos Silko of Nobadia. When
Nobatia was
absorbed into Makuria, it remained...
- Rēgulus is
Latin for 'prince' or 'little king'; its Gr****
equivalent is
Basiliskos or, in
Latinised form, Basiliscus. The name
Regulus first appeared in...
- the Bear.
Aristotle and
Plutarch called the wren
basileus (king) and
basiliskos (little king). In German, the wren is
called Zaunkönig (king of the fence)...
