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amphisbaenian

amphisbaenian noun: any member of the Amphisbaenia, the clade of worm lizards.

Noun

amphisbaenian (plural amphisbaenians)

  1. Any member of the Amphisbaenia, the clade of worm lizards.
    • Amphisbaenians lost their legs independently of the snake lineage and belong to their own distinct part of the squamate tree.2016 July 13, Elsa Panciroli, “How did legless worm-lizards cross the Atlantic?”, in The Guardian

Forms of amphisbaenian

pluralamphisbaenians

Questions about amphisbaenian

What does amphisbaenian mean?
Amphisbaenian means any member of the Amphisbaenia, the clade of worm lizards.
What part of speech is amphisbaenian?
Amphisbaenian is a noun.
What is the plural of amphisbaenian?
The plural of amphisbaenian is amphisbaenians.

Words near amphisbaenian in the dictionary

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

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