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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having two heads: as, a double-headed eagle in a coat of arms.
  • Supposed to have two heads: as, the double-headed serpent (the amphisbæna).

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Having two heads; bicipital.
  • adjective (Railroad) a rail whose flanges are duplicates, so that when one is worn the other may be turned uppermost.

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