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noun, feminine

anfisbena

/anfisˈbena/

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”).