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amphisbaena

(n): (classical mythology) a serpent with a head at each end of its body
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5 months ago chained_bear said:

"'In an early bestiary,' said Stephen after a long pause, 'an antiquarian of my acquaintance once showed me a picture of an amphisbaena, a serpent with a head at each end. I forget its moral significance but I do remember its form...'"
--P. O'Brian, The Hundred Days, 131

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