Definition of Amphesbaena

Definition of Amphesbaena

Amphisbæna, a genus of limbless lizards; a serpent fabled to have two heads and to be able to move backward or forward.

- Wikipedia

||Am`phis*bæ"na (&?;), n. [L., fr. Gr. &?;; &?; on both ends + &?; to go.] 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.

&fist; The Gordius aquaticus, or hairworm, has been called an amphisbæna; but it belongs among the worms.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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