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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various small legless burrowing reptiles of the suborder Amphisbaenia, having a wormlike body with scales arranged in rings and found worldwide in subtropical and tropical regions.
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- noun Any of many small limbless burrowing tropical lizards, of the family
Amphisbaenidae , that resemble worms.
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- noun a lizard of the genus Amphisbaena; harmless wormlike limbless lizard of warm or tropical regions having concealed eyes and ears and a short blunt tail
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