anfisbena

• anfesibena

From Latin amphisbaena, from Ancient Greek ἀμφίσβαινα (amphísbaina, from ἀμφίς (amphís, “on both sides”) +‎ βαίνω (baínō, “I walk, step”), literally “going both ways”).

• IPA^(key): /an.fizˈbɛ.na/
• Rhymes: -ɛna
• Hyphenation: an‧fi‧sbè‧na

anfisbena f (plural anfisbene)

1. worm lizard (legless lizard of the infraorder Amphisbaenia)

• anfisbênia, anfista, anfivena

Learned borrowing from Latin amphisbaena, from Ancient Greek ἀμφίσβαινα (amphísbaina).

• Rhymes: -ẽnɐ, -enɐ
• Hyphenation: an‧fis‧be‧na

anfisbena f (plural anfisbenas)

1. (Greek mythology) amphisbaena (mythical serpent having a head at each end of its body)
2. worm lizard (legless lizard of the infraorder Amphisbaenia)

Borrowed from Latin amphisbaena, from Ancient Greek ἀμφίσβαινα (amphísbaina, from ἀμφίς (amphís, “on both sides”) +‎ βαίνω (baínō, “I walk, step”), literally “going both ways”).

• IPA^(key): /anfisˈbena/ [ãɱ.fizˈβ̞e.na]
• Rhymes: -ena
• Syllabification: an‧fis‧be‧na

anfisbena f (plural anfisbenas)

1. (Greek mythology) amphisbaena
2. worm lizard (legless lizard of the infraorder Amphisbaenia)

   Synonyms: anfisbenio, culebrilla ciega

• “anfisbena”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024