two-headed snake
Double-skulled reptile
A two-headed snake is a snake born with two heads due to a developmental abnormality—the incomplete splitting of an embryo.
Such snakes rarely survive long in the wild, as the heads may compete for food or move in conflicting directions.
Figuratively, a two-headed snake describes something duplicitous or working against itself: The committee was a two-headed snake, with factions undermining each other.
- forkedDivided into prongs
- split tongueBifurcated oral appendage
- scalesPlates or weighing devices
- fangsSharp piercing teeth
- slitherGlide smoothly, sinuously
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Forthright, blunt person
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