1. of, relating to, or resembling an amphisbaena (a mythical serpent with a head at each end, or a real legless lizard)
Usage: rare; chiefly literary or scientific
2. capable of moving or functioning in two opposite directions; reversible
Usage: figurative; rare

Examples

• The amphisbaenic creature of ancient mythology could see and move in both directions simultaneously.
• Scientists studied the amphisbaenic locomotion of the legless lizard species.
• The poem employed amphisbaenic imagery to represent duality and contradiction.
• In an amphisbaenic fashion, the argument could be read forwards or backwards with equal validity.