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amphisbaena
 
SYLLABICATION:am·phis·bae·na
PRONUNCIATION:  mfs-bn
NOUN: A mythical serpent having a head at each end of its body.
ETYMOLOGY:Middle English amphibena, from Latin amphisbaena, from Greek amphisbaina : amphis, both ways (from amphi-, amphi-) + bainein, to go; see gw- in Appendix I.
OTHER FORMS:amphis·baenic —ADJECTIVE
 
 
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