amphisbaenan.

/æmfɪsˈbiːnə/

Forms: Also Middle English amphibena, 1500s amphibene.

Etymology: Latin, < Greek ἀμϕίσβαινα, < ἀμϕίς both ways + βαίν-ειν to go. Compare French amphisbène.

1. A fabled serpent of the ancients, with a head at each end, and able to move in either direction: retained by the moderns as a poetical conception.

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a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xviii. ix. 1125 Som [serpentes] haþ tweye hedes, as þe addre amphibena .

1572 J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie ii. f. 63, The fielde is Sable, an Amphibene, heade to heade reflexed.

1661 O. Felltham Resolves (new ed.) 176 A corrupt Book is an Amphisbæna: A Serpent headed at either end; one bites him that reades, the other stings him that writes.

1667 Milton Paradise Lost x. 524 Complicated monsters, head and taile, Scorpion and Asp, and Amphisbæna dire.

1735 Pope Dunciad (new ed.) iii. 175 (note) Thus Amphisbæna (I have read) At either end assails; None knows which leads, or which is led, For both Heads are but Tails.

1786 ‘A. Pasquin’ Children of Thespis i. 27 Like the vile amphisbæna, his verses assail, For none can discover their head from their tail.

1878 Tennyson Queen Mary iii. iv. 116 For heretic and traitor are all one: Two vipers of one breed—an amphisbæna, Each end a sting.

2. Zool. A worm-like genus of lizards found in America, having the two extremities so much alike that it is difficult to distinguish between the head and the tail.

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1833 Penny Cycl. I. 467/2 In the amphisbæna..the upper jaw is fixed to the skull..as in birds and mammals.

1847 W. B. Carpenter Zool. §501 The Amphisbæna bores in the soft earth like a worm, working its way with considerable despatch; and it lives principally on Ants..and their larvæ.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1884; most recently modified version published online March 2011).

单词	amphisbaena
释义	amphisbaenan. /æmfɪsˈbiːnə/ Forms: Also Middle English amphibena, 1500s amphibene. Etymology: Latin, < Greek ἀμϕίσβαινα, < ἀμϕίς both ways + βαίν-ειν to go. Compare French amphisbène. 1. A fabled serpent of the ancients, with a head at each end, and able to move in either direction: retained by the moderns as a poetical conception. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [noun] > mythical types of serpent (miscellaneous) > amphisbaena amphisbaenaa1398 double-head1608 double-ganger1831 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xviii. ix. 1125 Som [serpentes] haþ tweye hedes, as þe addre amphibena . 1572 J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie ii. f. 63, The fielde is Sable, an Amphibene, heade to heade reflexed. 1661 O. Felltham Resolves (new ed.) 176 A corrupt Book is an Amphisbæna: A Serpent headed at either end; one bites him that reades, the other stings him that writes. 1667 Milton Paradise Lost x. 524 Complicated monsters, head and taile, Scorpion and Asp, and Amphisbæna dire. View more context for this quotation 1735 Pope Dunciad (new ed.) iii. 175 (note) Thus Amphisbæna (I have read) At either end assails; None knows which leads, or which is led, For both Heads are but Tails. 1786 ‘A. Pasquin’ Children of Thespis i. 27 Like the vile amphisbæna, his verses assail, For none can discover their head from their tail. 1878 Tennyson Queen Mary iii. iv. 116 For heretic and traitor are all one: Two vipers of one breed—an amphisbæna, Each end a sting. 2. Zool. A worm-like genus of lizards found in America, having the two extremities so much alike that it is difficult to distinguish between the head and the tail. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > [noun] > suborder Amphisbaenia amphisbaena1833 1833 Penny Cycl. I. 467/2 In the amphisbæna..the upper jaw is fixed to the skull..as in birds and mammals. 1847 W. B. Carpenter Zool. §501 The Amphisbæna bores in the soft earth like a worm, working its way with considerable despatch; and it lives principally on Ants..and their larvæ. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1884; most recently modified version published online March 2011). < n.a1398
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