See also:

• AMPHISBAENA (a Greek word, from &pegs, both ways, and flaivav, to go)

AMPHISBAENA (a See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek word, from &pegs, both ways, and flaivav, to go)  , a See also:

• SERPENT (Lat. serpens, creeping, from serpere; cf. "reptile " from repere, Gr.4 ml-eta)

serpent in See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

• MYTHOLOGY

mythology, beginning or ending at both See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head and tail alike . Its fabled existence has been utilized by the poets, such as See also:

• MILTON
• MILTON, JOHN (1608–1674)

Milton, See also:

• POPE (Gr. irarraas, post-classical Lat. papa, father)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1688–1744)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1763-1835)
• POPE, JANE (1742-1818)
• POPE, JOHN (1822-1892)
• POPE, SIR THOMAS (c. 1507-1559)

Pope. and See also:

• TENNYSON, ALFRED TENNYSON

Tennyson . In See also:

• MODERN

modern See also:

• ZOOLOGY (from Gr. Nov, a living thing, and ?byos, theory)

zoology it is the name given to the See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main genus of a See also:

• FAMILY

family of See also:

• WORM

worm-shaped lizards, most of which inhabit the tropical parts of See also:

• AMERICA

America, the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West Indies and See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa . The commonest See also:

• SPECIES

species in See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South America and the See also:

• ANTILLES

Antilles is the sooty or dusky A. fuliginosa . The See also:

• BODY

body of the See also:

• AMPHISBAENA (a Greek word, from &pegs, both ways, and flaivav, to go)

amphisbaena, from 18 to 20 in. See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long, is of nearly the same thickness throughout . The head is small, and there can scarcely be said to be a tail, the vent being See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close to the extremity of the body . The See also:

• ANIMAL
• ANIMAL (Lat. animalis, from anima, breath, soul)

animal lives mostly underground, burrowing in soft See also:

• EARTH
• EARTH (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Erde, Dutch aarde, Swed. and Dan. jord; outside Teutonic it appears only in the Gr. 'pq'e, on the ground; it has been connected by some etymologists with the Aryan root ar-, to plough, which is seen in
• EARTH, FIGURE OF
• EARTH, FIGURE OF THE

earth, and feeds on ants and other small animals . From its See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance, and the ease with which it moves backwards, has arisen the popular belief that the amphisbaena has two heads, and that when the body is cut in two the parts seek each other out and reunite . From this has arisen another popular See also:

• ERROR (Lat. error, from errare, to wander, to err)

error, which attributes extraordinary curative properties to its flesh when dried and pulverized .