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Definition of Amphisbaenia
1. Noun. Type genus of the Amphisbaenidae.
Generic synonyms: Reptile Genus
Member holonyms: Worm Lizard
Lexicographical Neighbors of Amphisbaenia
Literary usage of Amphisbaenia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1896)
"By Prof. ED COPE. Philadelphia, Pa. [ABSTRACT. | THK relative positions of the
head and lungs and other viscera, especially those of the Amphisbaenia and ..."
2. The system of nature by Edward Newman (1843)
"... but adds the Amphisbaenia, which, like the crocodiles, are covered with square
bone- like plates. I am quite disposed to agree with these eminent ..."
3. Allgemeine Zoologie, oder Grundgesetze des thierischen Baus und Lebens by Heinrich Alexander Pagenstecher (1878)
"... Nebeneffekt der Vorbereitung zum Sprunge. iter den Eidechsen haben die Ordnung
der Amphisbaenia oder Amphi- nnd in der der ..."
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