Definition of basiliscus:
(N) :
(died 476/477) Eastern Roman emperor from 9 January 475 to August 476.
(N) :
a genus of large corytophanid lizards, commonly known as basilisks, which are endemic to southern Mexico, Central America, and northern South America.
(N) :
(Greek: Βασιλίσκος) the only son of the Eastern Roman military commander Armatus and was briefly of the Eastern Roman Empire in 476–477/478.
(N) :
the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Emperor from 475 to 476.