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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
amphisbaena /ˌamfɪsˈbiːnə/

▶noun a mythical serpent with a head at each end.

– origin ME: via L. from Gk amphisbaina, from amphis ‘both ways’ + bainein ‘go’.

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