Basilisk (disambiguation)

A basilisk is a legendary reptile reputed to be king of serpents.

Basilisk may also refer to:

Biology

 * Common basilisk, a lizard found in Central and South American rainforests
 * Any lizard of the genus Basiliscus
 * Prangos ferulacea (Common basilisk), a Mediterranean plant

Arts and entertainment

 * Basilisk (The Legendary Pink Dots album), 1982
 * Basilisk (D'erlanger album), 1990

Fictional uses

 * Basilisk (comics), the name of four Marvel Comics characters
 * Basilisk, a fictional terrorist group seen in the DC Comics Suicide Squad
 * Basilisk (Harry Potter)
 * Basilisk (manga), a manga and anime series
 * A motif in the works of author David Langford
 * A star system in the David Weber novel On Basilisk Station
 * Roko's basilisk, a thought experiment originating on the LessWrong blog

Military

 * Basilisk (cannon)
 * HMAS Basilisk, a naval base
 * HMS Basilisk, the name of several Royal Navy ships

Other

 * Basilisk (web browser), a fork of Firefox that maintains support for XUL/XPCOM extensions and retains the user interface of the Firefox 29-56 era
 * Basilisk, Queensland, a locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia
 * Basilisk II, a software emulator