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‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; on both ends + &unr_; to go. ] 1. A fabled serpent with a head at each end, moving either way. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A genus of harmless lizards, serpentlike in form, without legs, and with both ends so much alike that they appear to have a head at each, and ability to move either way. See Illustration in Appendix. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The Gordius aquaticus, or hairworm, has been called an amphisbaena; but it belongs among the worms. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖a. [ NL., fr. L. amphisbaena + -oid. ] (Zool.) Like or pertaining to the lizards of the genus Amphisbæna. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Gr. bai`nein to walk + -mere. ] (Zool.) One of the somites (arthromeres) that make up the thorax of Arthropods. Packard. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. bai`nein to walk + -pod. ] (Zool.) One of the thoracic legs of Arthropods. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Gr. bai`nein to walk + -some body. ] (Zool.) The thorax of Arthropods. Packard. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Bætuli /plu>. [ L., fr. Gr. bai`tylos a sacred meteorite. ] (Antiq.) A meteorite, or similar rude stone artificially shaped, held sacred or worshiped as of divine origin. [ 1913 Webster ]

All the evidence goes to prove that these menhirs are bætuli, i. e., traditional and elementary images of the deity. I. Gonino (Perrot & Chipiez). [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

prop. n. [ Named after D. Cobo, a Spanish botanist. ] A genus of climbing plants, native of Mexico and South America. Cobaea scandens (called cup-and-saucer vine, monastery bells, or Mexican ivy) is a conservatory climber with large bell-shaped flowers. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl.; [ L. columba pigeon. ] (Zool.) An order of birds, including the pigeons. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. & NL., fr. F. framboise raspberry. ] (Med.) The yaws. See Yaws. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ See Jacobean. ] (Bot.) A bulbous plant (Amaryllis formosissima syn. Sprekelia formosissima) from Mexico. It bears a single, large, deep, red, lilylike flower. [ Written also Jacobean. ]

a. & n. Same as Sabian. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Sabianism. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. See Sabianism. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. Same as Scarab in both senses.