Definition of Genus Amphisbaena

1. Noun. Type genus of the Amphisbaenidae.

Exact synonyms: Amphisbaena, Amphisbaenia, Genus Amphisbaenia
Generic synonyms: Reptile Genus
Member holonyms: Worm Lizard

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Amphisbaena

genus Ameiurus
genus Amelanchier
genus Amia
genus Amianthum
genus Ammobium
genus Ammodytes
genus Ammotragus
genus Amoeba
genus Amorpha
genus Amorphophallus
genus Amphibolips
genus Amphicarpa
genus Amphicarpaea
genus Amphioxus
genus Amphiprion
genus Amphisbaena (current term)
genus Amphisbaenia
genus Amphiuma
genus Amsinckia
genus Amsonia
genus Amygdalus
genus Anabas
genus Anabrus
genus Anacardium
genus Anacyclus
genus Anadenanthera
genus Anagallis
genus Anagasta
genus Anagyris
genus Ananas

Literary usage of Genus Amphisbaena

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Zoölogical Science: Or, Nature in Living Forms by Anna Maria (Treadwell) Redfield (1858)
"I. genus Amphisbaena, DOUBLE WALKERS, so called from the strong resemblance between the front and hind extremities of the membranous body, the head, tail, ..."

2. Elements of the Comparative Anatomy of the Vertebrate Animals: Designed by Rudolph Wagner, Alfred Tulk (1845)
"... almost all the Ophidia and Sauria, as in the Crocodiles, and even the anomalous genus, Amphisbaena, it consists of a single usually insignificant bone. ..."

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