Found 2 items, similar to Blindworm.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: blindworm
blindworm
n 1: small burrowing legless European lizard with tiny eyes;
popularly believed to be blind [syn:
slowworm,
Anguis fragilis
]
2: any of the small slender limbless burrowing wormlike
amphibians of the order Gymnophiona; inhabit moist soil in
tropical regions [syn:
caecilian]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Blindworm
Blindworm
\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.
[1913 Webster]
Newts and blindworms do no wrong. --Shak.
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