blind snake

American

noun

any of numerous wormlike, burrowing snakes of the families Typhlopidae, Leptotyphlopidae, and Anomalepididae, most of which have vestigial eyes.

blind snake British

noun

any burrowing snake of the family Typhlopidae and related families of warm and tropical regions, having very small or vestigial eyes

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In 2020, paleontologists described Boipeba tayasuensis, a Late Cretaceous blind snake from Brazil.

From Science Daily • Apr. 24, 2026

There is a blind snake with the appearances and, in some respects, habits of earthworms; but this blind snake does not tend, as far as we can see, to replace and drive out worms.

From More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 by Darwin, Francis, Sir

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