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词汇 Amphisbaenia
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Definition of Amphisbaenia in English:

Amphisbaenia

plural nounˌamfɪsˈbiːnɪəˌamfisˈbēnēə
Zoology
  • A group of reptiles which comprises the worm lizards.

    〔动〕蚯蚓属

    Suborder Amphisbaenia, order Squamata

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Snakes, lizards and Amphisbaenia are closely related and belong to a single order, Squamata, with three suborders.
    • This is one of a suborder of legless lizards called Amphisbaenia (one weird Mexican group actually has two front legs).
    • This remarkable condition tends to emphasize the distinct status of the Amphisbaenia within the Squamata, as a sister-group equivalent to the lizards or the snakes.
    • About 150 members of the Suborder Amphisbaenia occur in Central and South America, Africa, and adjacent parts of Europe and Asia.
    • Rhineura is a member of Amphisbaenia, a lineage of mostly limbless burrowing lizards known from the Paleocene onward.

Derivatives

  • amphisbaenian

  • adjective & noun
    Zoology
    • Other authors have used morphological evidence in support of a relationship of snakes to a clade comprising amphisbaenians and dibamids.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Caecilians, urodeles and some anurans, snakes, amphisbaenians and some lizards have a stapes, which may be attached to the shoulder girdle or skin, and are well suited to detecting low frequency vibrations from the substrate.
      • Extant humeralrotation diggers exhibit broad palms and short non-ungual phalanges, and include moles and some frogs and amphisbaenians.
      • In snakes and amphisbaenians M. iliocostalis has its origin from either a tendon (most squamates) or a tendonous sheet arising from the anteroventral half of M. longissimus dorsi.
      • Scleroglossa is a diverse and speciose group including all remaining lizard families, plus snakes and amphisbaenians.

Origin

Modern Latin, from Greek amphisbaina, from amphis 'both' + bainein 'go, walk'.

Definition of Amphisbaenia in US English:

Amphisbaenia

plural nounˌamfisˈbēnēə
Zoology
  • A group of reptiles which comprises the worm lizards.

    〔动〕蚯蚓属

    Suborder Amphisbaenia, order Squamata

    Example sentencesExamples
    • This remarkable condition tends to emphasize the distinct status of the Amphisbaenia within the Squamata, as a sister-group equivalent to the lizards or the snakes.
    • Rhineura is a member of Amphisbaenia, a lineage of mostly limbless burrowing lizards known from the Paleocene onward.
    • This is one of a suborder of legless lizards called Amphisbaenia (one weird Mexican group actually has two front legs).
    • Snakes, lizards and Amphisbaenia are closely related and belong to a single order, Squamata, with three suborders.
    • About 150 members of the Suborder Amphisbaenia occur in Central and South America, Africa, and adjacent parts of Europe and Asia.

Origin

Modern Latin, from Greek amphisbaina, from amphis ‘both’ + bainein ‘go, walk’.

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