anfisbena
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Italian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin amphisbaena, from Ancient Greek ἀμφίσβαινα (amphísbaina, from ἀμφίς (amphís, “on both sides”) + βαίνω (baínō, “I walk, step”), literally “going both ways”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]anfisbena f (plural anfisbene)
Portuguese
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin amphisbaena, from Ancient Greek ἀμφίσβαινα (amphísbaina).
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]anfisbena f (plural anfisbenas)
- (Greek mythology) amphisbaena (mythical serpent having a head at each end of its body)
- amphisbaena (any of the genus Amphisbaena of legless lizards)
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin amphisbaena, from Ancient Greek ἀμφίσβαινα (amphísbaina, from ἀμφίς (amphís, “on both sides”) + βαίνω (baínō, “I walk, step”), literally “going both ways”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]anfisbena f (plural anfisbenas)
- (Greek mythology) amphisbaena
- worm lizard
- Synonyms: anfisbenio, culebrilla ciega
Further reading
[edit]- “anfisbena”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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- pt:Lacertoid lizards
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- es:Greek mythology