AMPHISBAENA

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
n.

A fabled serpent with a head at each end, moving either way. Milton.

2.
n.

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.

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