blindworm Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun small burrowing legless European lizard with tiny eyes; popularly believed to be blind
Anguis fragilis; slowworm.
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noun any of the small slender limbless burrowing wormlike amphibians of the order Gymnophiona; inhabit moist soil in tropical regions
caecilian.
WordNet
Blind"worm` noun
Definitions
(Zoöl.) 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.