amphisbaenian

English

Noun

amphisbaenian (plural amphisbaenians)

1. (zoology) Any member of the Amphisbaenia, the clade of worm lizards.
   • 2016 July 13, Elsa Panciroli, “How did legless worm-lizards cross the Atlantic?”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     Amphisbaenians lost their legs independently of the snake lineage and belong to their own distinct part of the squamate tree.

Further reading

• amphisbaenian on Wikipedia.Wikipedia