英语词汇“amphisbaena”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

amphisbaena

/ˌamfɪsˈbiːnə

noun

A mythical serpent with a head at each end.The Chichester Cathedral misericord of the amphisbaena is shown to be a memento mori by the surrounding carvings....

Adventurers fighting an amphisbaena need to be doubly careful, since both heads are capable of attacking and even swallowing assailants with ease.
Leonardo Da Vinci wrote accounts about the amphisbaena as a living creature, giving details on how the serpent caught rodents as prey by confusing it with its two heads.

Origin

Late Middle English: via Latin from Greek amphisbaina, from amphis 'both ways' + bainein 'go'.

单词	amphisbaena
释义	amphisbaena /ˌamfɪsˈbiːnə / noun A mythical serpent with a head at each end.The Chichester Cathedral misericord of the amphisbaena is shown to be a memento mori by the surrounding carvings.... Adventurers fighting an amphisbaena need to be doubly careful, since both heads are capable of attacking and even swallowing assailants with ease. Leonardo Da Vinci wrote accounts about the amphisbaena as a living creature, giving details on how the serpent caught rodents as prey by confusing it with its two heads. Origin Late Middle English: via Latin from Greek amphisbaina, from amphis 'both ways' + bainein 'go'.
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