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BLINDWORM
caecilian, blindworm
(noun) any of the small slender limbless burrowing wormlike amphibians of the order Gymnophiona; inhabit moist soil in tropical regions
blindworm, slowworm, Anguis fragilis
(noun) small burrowing legless European lizard with tiny eyes; popularly believed to be blind
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
blindworm (plural blindworms)
Anguis fragilis (slowworm), a small species of legless lizard.
Source: Wiktionary
Blind"worm`, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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