AMPHISBAENAS

12 letters 21 Scrabble points

Definition of AMPHISBAENAS

noun

  1. A mythical serpent having a head at each end of its body, able to move in either direction.

    "1971: What do you call that animal that goes backward and forward, head at each end? —Amphisbaena. A kind of lizard. It doesn't exist. — Anthony Burgess, M/F (Penguin 2004, p. 109)"

  2. A member of a genus of lizards, native to the Americas, having extremities which are very similar.

Source: Wiktionary

Word Details

Letters A M P H I S B A E N A S
Length 12 letters
Scrabble Score 21 points