单词 | amphisbaenian |
释义 | amphisˈbaenianadj. Zool. Of or belonging to the amphisbæna. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > [adjective] > of or belonging to Amphisbaena amphisbaenic1820 amphisbaenian1873 1873 St. G. Mivart Lessons Elem. Anat. v. 190 Amphisbenian group of Reptiles. Draft additions 1997 A burrowing, usu. limbless lizard of the family Amphisbaenidae (suborder Sauria or Lacertilia), found in Africa, the Mediterranean region, and North and South America; a worm-lizard. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > [noun] > suborder Amphisbaenia > member of amphisbaenian1865 amphisbaenid1889 1865 Proc. Zool. Soc. 23 May 442 (heading) A revision of the genera and species of Amphisbænians. 1886 Encycl. Brit. XX. 461/1 In the Ophidia and Amphisbænians and some other Snake-like Lacertilians there is no tympanic cavity. 1968 Amer. Naturalist 102 345 Amphisbaenians are a group of slender, elongate, generally limbless squamates, sometimes classified with the lizards. 1986 A. S. Romer & T. S. Parsons Vertebr. Body (ed. 6) vii. 218 Snakes, amphisbaenians, and certain lizards have abandoned limbs and reverted to..locomotion based on body undulation. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1884; most recently modified version published online June 2011). < adj.1865 |
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