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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