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Blindworm

Blindworm Meaning & Definition
Blindworm Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Blindworm?

[n] small burrowing legless European lizard with tiny eyes; popularly believed to be blind
[n] any of the small slender limbless burrowing wormlike amphibians of the order Gymnophiona; inhabit moist soil in tropical regions

Synonyms | Synonyms for Blindworm: Anguis fragilis | caecilian | slowworm

Related Terms | Find terms related to Blindworm:

See Also | amphibian | anguid lizard | Anguis | Caeciliidae | family Caeciliidae | genus Anguis

Blindworm In Webster's Dictionary

\Blind"worm`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) A small, burrowing, snakelike, limbless lizard ({Anguis fragilis}), with minute eyes, popularly believed to be blind; the slowworm; -- formerly a name for the adder. Newts and blindworms do no wrong. --Shak.

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