anfisbena

• anfesibena

From Latin amphisbaena, from Ancient Greek ἀμφίσβαινα (amphísbaina, from ἀμφίς (amphís, “on both sides”) +‎ βαίνω (baínō, “I walk, step”), literally “going both ways”).

• IPA^(key): /an.fiˈzbɛ.na/
• Rhymes: -ɛna
• Hyphenation: an‧fi‧sbè‧na

anfisbena f (plural anfisbene)

1. amphisbaena

• anfisbênia, anfista, anfivena

Learned borrowing from Latin amphisbaena, from Ancient Greek ἀμφίσβαινα (amphísbaina).

• Rhymes: -ẽnɐ, -enɐ
• Hyphenation: an‧fis‧be‧na

anfisbena f (plural anfisbenas)

1. (Greek mythology) amphisbaena (mythical serpent having a head at each end of its body)
2. amphisbaena (any of the genus Amphisbaena of legless lizards)

Borrowed from Latin amphisbaena, from Ancient Greek ἀμφίσβαινα (amphísbaina, from ἀμφίς (amphís, “on both sides”) +‎ βαίνω (baínō, “I walk, step”), literally “going both ways”).

• IPA^(key): /anfisˈbena/ [ãɱ.fizˈβ̞e.na]
• Rhymes: -ena
• Syllabification: an‧fis‧be‧na

anfisbena f (plural anfisbenas)

1. (Greek mythology) amphisbaena
2. worm lizard

   Synonyms: anfisbenio, culebrilla ciega

• “anfisbena”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28