Amphisbaena
See also: amphisbaena and amphisbæna
Translingual
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Amphisbaena_fuliginosa.jpg/220px-Amphisbaena_fuliginosa.jpg)
Etymology
Ancient Greek ἀμφίσβαινα (amphísbaina, “a kind of serpent, supposed to go either forwards or backwards”), from ἀμφίς (amphís, “both sides, both ways”) + βαίνω (baínō, “I walk, I go”)
Proper noun
Amphisbaena f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Amphisbaenidae – worm lizards.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Tetrapoda - superclass, Reptilia - class, Diapsida - subclass, Lepidosauromorpha - infraclass, Lepidosauria - superorder, Squamata - order, Amphisbaenia - suborder, Amphisbaenidae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template. - type species; for other species see
Amphisbaena on Wikispecies.Wikispecies or
Amphisbaena (lizard) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia .
References
Amphisbaena (lizard) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Amphisbaena on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Amphisbaena on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons