amphisbaenia in English
noun
1
a group of reptiles that comprises the worm lizards.
This is one of a suborder of legless lizards called Amphisbaenia (one weird Mexican group actually has two front legs).
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1. Suborder Amphisbaenia is a group of peculiar, usually legless squamate s distantly related to lizards and snakes, in spite of their resemblance to worms (many possessing a pink body color and scales arranged in rings). They are very poorly known, due to their burrowing lifestyle and general rarity.