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amphisbaena
OXFORD DICTIONARY
amphisbaena, n.
1 Mythol. & poet. a fabulous serpent with a head at each end.
2 Zool. any burrowing wormlike lizard of the family Amphisbaena, having no apparent division of head from body making both ends look similar.
1 Mythol. & poet. a fabulous serpent with a head at each end.
2 Zool. any burrowing wormlike lizard of the family Amphisbaena, having no apparent division of head from body making both ends look similar.
Etymology
ME f. L f. Gk amphisbaina f. amphis both ways + baino go
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