two-headedadj.
/ˈtuːˌhɛdɪd/ 1. Having, or represented with, two heads. two-headed snake or worm, the amphisbæna (amphisbaena n. 2), formerly supposed to have two heads, one at each end of the body.
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the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [adjective] > having many heads or faces
triple-headed1581
two-headed1596
thousand-headed1599
polycephalous1659
septi-fronteda1708
three-headed1905
the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > [adjective] > having snake head or heads
two-headed1596
ophiocephale1608
the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > types of head > [adjective] > having
headedOE
cop-headed1519
small-headedc1540
jolt-headed1552
chuff-headed1563
ass-headed1584
two-headed1596
golden-headed1598
hard-headed1601
big-headed1614
bicipitous1646
buffle-headed1654
female-headed1655
heavy-headed1684
bullet-headed1699
jolter-headed1748
pinheaded1771
pigheaded1774
thin-headed1804
roundhead1842
bulbous-headed1860
blob-headed1865
occipital1873
fat-headed1883
mesopic1885
peanut-headed1906
dome-headed1910
1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. x. sig. Y5v His two headed dogge, that Orthrus hight. View more context for this quotation
1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice i. i. 50 By two-headed Ianus. View more context for this quotation
1708 W. Sewel Large Dict. Eng. & Dutch ii Tweehoofdig, two-headed.
1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 102 The Amphisbæna..has obtained, among the English, the name of the two-headed worm.
1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 221 The two-headed snake.
1867 H. Latham Black & White 62 A two-headed iron bolt.
1899 T. Nicol Recent Archæol. & Bible vi. 193 The two-headed eagle of the Hittites..survives..as the symbol of imperial power in Austria and Russia to-day.
2. figurative. Having or governed by two chiefs or rulers.
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society > authority > rule or government > a or the system of government > government by specific number of rulers > [adjective] > relating to government by two > governed by two
two-headed1885
1885 W. Wilson Congressional Govt. iv. 220 Doubts as to the..advantage of a two-headed legislature.
1888 T. W. Higginson Women & Men 93 If two business partners can work successfully on the two-headed plan, why [can] not two married persons do it?
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adj.1596