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)
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Amphisbaena
//æmfɪsˈbiːnə//
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10 translations across 7 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- ամֆիսբենա noun (mythical serpent having a head at each end of its body)
Catalan
1 entries- amfisbena noun (mythical serpent having a head at each end of its body)
French
2 entries- amphisbène noun (mythical serpent having a head at each end of its body)
- amphisbène noun (any of the genus Amphisbaena of legless lizards)
Italian
1 entries- anfesibena noun (mythical serpent having a head at each end of its body)
Portuguese
2 entries- anfisbena noun (mythical serpent having a head at each end of its body)
- anfisbena noun (any of the genus Amphisbaena of legless lizards)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਦੁਮੂੰਹੀ noun (mythical serpent having a head at each end of its body)
Russian
2 entries- амфисбена noun (mythical serpent having a head at each end of its body)
- амфисбены noun (mythical serpent having a head at each end of its body)
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