catoblepas

• Bink had never heard of either argus or catoblepas, but another quake of deep misgiving went through him. —  A Spell for Chameleon
• The body of the catoblepas was covered with reptilian scales, from its gorgon head to its cloven hooves, invulnerable to the attack of the argus. —  A Spell for Chameleon
• Pliny says nothing about the hatching of this chimera from cocks 'eggs, and ascribes the power of killing at sight to a different animal, the catoblepas, whose head, fortunately, was so heavy that it could not be held up. —  On the Old Road Vol. 1 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature
• ----- Juxta hunc fera appellatur catoblepas, modica alioquin, ceterisque membris iners, caput tantum praegrave aegre ferens; alias internecio humani generis, omnibus qui oculos ejus videre, confestim morientibus. —  The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci — Complete

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