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Definition of Amphisbaenia in English: Amphisbaeniaplural nounˌamfɪsˈbiːnɪəˌamfisˈbēnēə Zoology A group of reptiles which comprises the worm lizards. Suborder Amphisbaenia, order Squamata Example sentencesExamples - Snakes, lizards and Amphisbaenia are closely related and belong to a single order, Squamata, with three suborders.
- This is one of a suborder of legless lizards called Amphisbaenia (one weird Mexican group actually has two front legs).
- This remarkable condition tends to emphasize the distinct status of the Amphisbaenia within the Squamata, as a sister-group equivalent to the lizards or the snakes.
- About 150 members of the Suborder Amphisbaenia occur in Central and South America, Africa, and adjacent parts of Europe and Asia.
- Rhineura is a member of Amphisbaenia, a lineage of mostly limbless burrowing lizards known from the Paleocene onward.
Derivatives adjective & noun Zoology Other authors have used morphological evidence in support of a relationship of snakes to a clade comprising amphisbaenians and dibamids. Example sentencesExamples - Caecilians, urodeles and some anurans, snakes, amphisbaenians and some lizards have a stapes, which may be attached to the shoulder girdle or skin, and are well suited to detecting low frequency vibrations from the substrate.
- Extant humeralrotation diggers exhibit broad palms and short non-ungual phalanges, and include moles and some frogs and amphisbaenians.
- In snakes and amphisbaenians M. iliocostalis has its origin from either a tendon (most squamates) or a tendonous sheet arising from the anteroventral half of M. longissimus dorsi.
- Scleroglossa is a diverse and speciose group including all remaining lizard families, plus snakes and amphisbaenians.
Origin Modern Latin, from Greek amphisbaina, from amphis 'both' + bainein 'go, walk'. Definition of Amphisbaenia in US English: Amphisbaeniaplural nounˌamfisˈbēnēə Zoology A group of reptiles which comprises the worm lizards. Suborder Amphisbaenia, order Squamata Example sentencesExamples - This remarkable condition tends to emphasize the distinct status of the Amphisbaenia within the Squamata, as a sister-group equivalent to the lizards or the snakes.
- Rhineura is a member of Amphisbaenia, a lineage of mostly limbless burrowing lizards known from the Paleocene onward.
- This is one of a suborder of legless lizards called Amphisbaenia (one weird Mexican group actually has two front legs).
- Snakes, lizards and Amphisbaenia are closely related and belong to a single order, Squamata, with three suborders.
- About 150 members of the Suborder Amphisbaenia occur in Central and South America, Africa, and adjacent parts of Europe and Asia.
Origin Modern Latin, from Greek amphisbaina, from amphis ‘both’ + bainein ‘go, walk’. |