noun (classical mythology) a serpent with a head at each end of its body.
noun type genus of the Amphisbaenidae.
— synonyms: genus_Amphisbaena, Amphisbaenia, genus_Amphisbaenia
Examples
“1971: What do you call that animal that goes backward and forward, head at each end? —Amphisbaena. A kind of lizard. It doesn't exist. — Anthony Burgess, M/F (Penguin 2004, p. 109)”