amphisbaenian

Etymology

noun

  1. (zoology) Any member of the Amphisbaenia, the clade of worm lizards.
    Amphisbaenians lost their legs independently of the snake lineage and belong to their own distinct part of the squamate tree. 13 July 2016, Elsa Panciroli, “How did legless worm-lizards cross the Atlantic?”, in The Guardian

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