amphisbaena

n. 两头蛇, 蚓蜥属

发音

/æmfɪsˈbiːnə/

词形变化

amphisbaenas 复数 amphisbaenas

别名

amphisbæna

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A mythical serpent having a head at each end of its body, able to move in either direction.

    宗教 神话 哲学

    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. 2.

    A member of a genus of lizards, native to the Americas, having extremities which are very similar.

词源

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

来源：wiktionary