amphisbaena

1. 1.

   (classical mythology) a serpent with a head at each end of its body

   Broadermythical monster

   classical mythology

2. 2.

   type genus of the Amphisbaenidae

   Synonymsgenus AmphisbaenaAmphisbaeniagenus Amphisbaenia

   Broaderreptile genus

Other forms of amphisbaena

plural

amphisbaenae

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about amphisbaena

What does amphisbaena mean?

amphisbaena means "(classical mythology) a serpent with a head at each end of its body". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in amphisbaena?

amphisbaena has 5 syllables: am-phis-ba-e-na. The stress falls on "ba".

What is another word for amphisbaena?

Close synonyms include genus Amphisbaena, Amphisbaenia, genus Amphisbaenia. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is amphisbaena a common word?

amphisbaena is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.