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amphisˈbænian, a. Zool.
[f. prec. + -ian.]
Of or belonging to the amphisbæna.
1872Mivart Anat. 190 Amphisbenian group of Reptiles.
Add:B. n. A burrowing, usu. limbless lizard of the family Amphisbaenidae (suborder Sauria or Lacertilia), found in Africa, the Mediterranean region, and North and South America; a worm-lizard.
1865Proc. Zool. Soc. 23 May 442 (heading) A revision of the genera and species of Amphisbænians. 1886Encycl. Brit. XX. 461/1 In the Ophidia and Amphisbænians and some other Snake-like Lacertilians there is no tympanic cavity. 1968Amer. Naturalist CII. 345 Amphisbaenians are a group of slender, elongate, generally limbless squamates, sometimes classified with the lizards. 1986Romer & Parsons Vertebr. Body (ed. 6) vii. 218 Snakes, amphisbaenians, and certain lizards have abandoned limbs and reverted to..locomotion based on body undulation. |