amphisbaena

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  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.

词形变化

amphisbaenas plural amphisbæna alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
amphisbaenic

词源

From Latin amphisbaena, from Ancient Greek ἀμφίσβαινα (amphísbaina, from ἀμφίς (amphís, “both ways”) + βαίνω (baínō, “to go”)).
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