Blindworm
a limbless European lizard, Anguis fragilis, related to the glass lizards.
a caecilian, Ichthyophis glutinosus, of Sri Lanka, that coils around its eggs.
Historical Examples
The Animal World, A Book of Natural History Theodore Wood
Jethou E. R. Suffling
Bible Animals; J. G. Wood
The Curious Book of Birds Abbie Farwell Brown
Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851. Various
The Curious Book of Birds Abbie Farwell Brown
The Animal World, A Book of Natural History Theodore Wood
The Curious Book of Birds Abbie Farwell Brown
Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851. Various
noun
another name for slowworm
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