blind snake

American  

noun

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

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blind snake British  

noun

1. 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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Example Sentences

Animals at risk include tapirs and pangolins, which have ancient lineages and have changed little over time; and fascinating little-known reptiles, from legless lizards to tiny blind snakes.

From BBC

“Have just described five new forms of blind snakes from the island,” he wrote to S. Dillon Ripley, a young ornithologist who served with him and would later lead the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC.

From Nature

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 Project Gutenberg