Amphisbaenia

Translingual

Etymology

Amphisbaena +‎ -ia.

Proper noun

Amphisbaenia

The worm lizards and certain closely related creatures
1. A taxonomic suborder within the order Lacertoidea.
2. A taxonomic superfamily within the order Squamata.

Hypernyms

(suborder): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Reptilia – class; Diapsida - subclass; Lepidosauromorpha - infraclass; Lepidosauria - superorder; Squamata - order; Lacertoidea - order

Hyponyms

(suborder): Amphisbaenidae, Bipedidae, Blanidae, Cadeidae, Rhineuridae, Trogonophidae - families

References

Amphisbaenia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Amphisbaenia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Amphisbaenia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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