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AMPHISBAENA

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Irregular inflected form: amphisbaenae  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Amphisbaenidaeplay

Synonyms:

Amphisbaena; Amphisbaenia; genus Amphisbaena; genus Amphisbaenia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Amphisbaena" is a kind of...):

reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)

Meronyms (members of "Amphisbaena"):

worm lizard (a lizard of the genus Amphisbaena; harmless wormlike limbless lizard of warm or tropical regions having concealed eyes and ears and a short blunt tail)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(classical mythology) a serpent with a head at each end of its bodyplay

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("amphisbaena" is a kind of...):

mythical creature; mythical monster (a monster renowned in folklore and myth)

Domain category:

classical mythology (the system of mythology of the Greeks and Romans together; much of Roman mythology (especially the gods) was borrowed from the Greeks)

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