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noun - (classical mythology) a serpent with a head at each end of its body
noun - type genus of the Amphisbaenidae
A serpent having a head at each end of its body.
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A mythical serpent having a head at each end of its body. |
A mythical serpent with a head at each end. |
type genus of the Amphisbaenidae |
(classical mythology) a serpent with a head at each end of its body |
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The amphisbaena (, plural: amphisbaenae) (Greek: ) is a mythological, ant-eating serpent with a head at each end. The creature is alternatively called the amphisbaina, amphisbene, amphisboena, amphisbona, amphista, amfivena, amphivena, or anphivena (the last two being feminine), and is also known as the "Mother of Ants". Its name comes from the Greek words amphis, meaning "both ways", and bainein, meaning "to go". According to Greek mythology, the amphisbaena was spawned from the blood that dripped from the Gorgon Medusa's head as Perseus flew over the Libyan Desert with her in his hand, after which Cato's army then encountered it along with other serpents on the march. Amphisbaena fed off of the corpses left behind. The amphisbaena has been referred to by various poets such as Nicander, John Milton, Alexander Pope, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Aimé Césaire, A. E. Housman and Allen Mandelbaum; as a mythological and legendary creature, it has been referenced by Lucan, Pl |