amphisbaena

Definitions

1. A mythical serpent having a head at each end of its body, able to move in either direction.
2. A member of a genus of lizards, native to the Americas, having extremities which are very similar.

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Examples

“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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