Amphisbaena Definition

ămfĭs-bēnə
noun
A mythical serpent or winged creature having a head at each end of its body.
American Heritage
A serpent with a head at each end of its body.
Webster's New World

A mythical serpent having a head at each end of its body, able to move in either direction.

Wiktionary

(zoology) A genus of lizards, native to the Americas, having extremities which are very similar.

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pronoun

A taxonomic genus within the family Amphisbaenidae — worm lizards.

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Other Word Forms of Amphisbaena

Noun

Singular:
amphisbaena
Plural:
amphisbaenas

Origin of Amphisbaena

  • Middle English amphibena from Latin amphisbaena from Greek amphisbaina amphis both ways (from amphi- amphi-) bainein to go gwā- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin amphisbaena, from Ancient Greek ἀμφίσβαινα, from ἀμφίς ‘both ways’ + βαίνω ‘I go’.

    From Wiktionary

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