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amphisbaenas

amphisbaenas is the plural of amphisbaena.

Meaning of amphisbaena

Noun

amphisbaena (plural amphisbaenas)

  1. A mythical serpent having a head at each end of its body, able to move in either direction.
    • 1971: What do you call that animal that goes backward and forward, head at each end? —'Amphisbaena'. A kind of lizard. It doesn't exist. — Anthony Burgess, M/F (Penguin 2004, p. 109)
  2. A member of a genus of lizards, native to the Americas, having extremities which are very similar.

Questions about amphisbaenas

What is amphisbaenas the plural of?
Amphisbaenas is the plural of amphisbaena.

Words near amphisbaenas in the dictionary

  1. amphipterygids
  2. amphiregulin
  3. amphisarca
  4. amphisarcae
  5. amphisbaena
  6. amphisbaenas
  7. amphisbaenian
  8. amphisbaenians
  9. amphisbaenic
  10. amphisbaenid
  11. amphisbaenids

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