See Also: Amphisbaena(medicine)
amphisbaena(dictionary)

amphisbaena (iou)



amphisbaena noun. LME.
[Latin (Pliny) from Greek amphisbaina, from amphis both ways, AMPHI- + bainein go, walk.]
A fabled serpent with a head at each end and able to move in either direction. LME.
A wormlike burrowing lizard of the genus Amphisbaena. M19.
amphisbaenian adjective & noun (being or pertaining to) a reptile of the kind typified by Amphisbaena M19.
amphisbaenid noun = amphisbaenian noun L19.