noun, feminine/anfisˈbena/plural: anfisbenas
amphisbaena; worm lizard (legless lizard of the infraorder Amphisbaenia)
Synonyms: anfisbenio, culebrilla ciega
Borrowed from Latin amphisbaena, from Ancient Greek ἀμφίσβαινα (amphísbaina, from ἀμφίς (amphís, “on both sides”) + βαίνω (baínō, “to walk, step”), literally “going both ways”).