Thesaurus: amphisbaena

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1. n. A fabled serpent with a head at each end, moving either way.
2. n. A genus of harmless lizards, serpentlike in form, without legs, and with both ends so much alike that they appear to have a head at each, and ability to move either way. See Illustration in Appendix.
3. n. (classical mythology) a serpent with a head at each end of its body
4. 1. A fabled serpent with a head at each end, moving either way. Milton. 2. (Zoöl.) A genus of harmless lizards, serpentlike in form, without legs, and with both ends so much alike that they appear to have a head at each, and ability to move either way. See Illustration in Appendix. Note: The Gordius aquaticus, or hairworm, has been called an amphisbæna; but it belongs among the worms.
5. A genus of harmless lizards, serpentlike in form, without legs,and with both ends so much alike that they appear to have a head ateach, and ability to move either way. See Illustration in Appendix.
6. n. (classical mythology) a serpent with a head at each end of its body n. type genus of the Amphisbaenidae