double-headed

adj — 4 senses

double-headed

adj
1

Having two heads.

  • a double-headed serpent
  • double-headed muscles
2 more examples
  • The arms of the City of Perth are mounted on the breast of a double-headed eagle, from which the single-headed eagle of the railway arms was derived.1956 July, Col. H. C. B. Rogers, “Railway Heraldry”, in Railway Magazine, page 480:
  • Doli: Georgian double-headed cylindrical drum2005, Ashish Pandey, Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Music, page 212:
2

Hobbies, Lifestyle, Numismatics Of a coin, having a head on both sides, especially when counterfeited by being constructed from two separate coins.

3

Rail transport, Railways, Transport Of a train, hauled by two locomotives.

4

Broadcasting, Film, Media, Television Synonym of sepmag (“having separately recorded picture and soundtrack”).

Derived terms
double-headed bug

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