anfisbena
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From Latin amphisbaena, from Ancient Greek ἀμφίσβαινα (amphísbaina, from ἀμφίς (amphís, “on both sides”) + βαίνω (baínō, “I walk, step”), literally “going both ways”).
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anfisbena f (plural anfisbene)
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Learned borrowing from Latin amphisbaena, from Ancient Greek ἀμφίσβαινα (amphísbaina).
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anfisbena f (plural anfisbenas)
- (Greek mythology) amphisbaena (mythical serpent having a head at each end of its body)
- amphisbaena (any of the genus Amphisbaena of legless lizards)
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin amphisbaena, from Ancient Greek ἀμφίσβαινα (amphísbaina, from ἀμφίς (amphís, “on both sides”) + βαίνω (baínō, “I walk, step”), literally “going both ways”).
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Noun edit
anfisbena f (plural anfisbenas)
- (Greek mythology) amphisbaena
- worm lizard
- Synonyms: anfisbenio, culebrilla ciega
Further reading edit
- “anfisbena”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014