amphisbaenian

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Noun

amphisbaenian (plural amphisbaenians)

  1. (zoology) Any member of the Amphisbaenia, the clade of worm lizards.
    • 2016 July 13, Elsa Panciroli, “How did legless worm-lizards cross the Atlantic?”, in The Guardian‎:
      Amphisbaenians lost their legs independently of the snake lineage and belong to their own distinct part of the squamate tree.

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