blindworm

[blahynd-wurm]

noun

a limbless European lizard, Anguis fragilis, related to the glass lizards.

a caecilian, Ichthyophis glutinosus, of Sri Lanka, that coils around its eggs.

Origin of blindworm

1425–75; late Middle English; see blind, worm; so called because the eyes are very small

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Examples from the Web for blindworm

Historical Examples of blindworm

The blindworm then, is Saurophidian; it is quite as much a lizard as a snake.
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851.
Various
The first snake, the Blindworm, is not a snake, nor yet a worm.
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851.
Various
I occasionally saw a snake, but always of the harmless, blindworm variety.
Jethou
E. R. Suffling
It bears some resemblance to the blindworm of England, feeds on much the same diet, and has similar habits.
Bible Animals;
J. G. Wood
But the blindworm, or slowworm, as this creature is called, is perfectly harmless.
The Animal World, A Book of Natural History
Theodore Wood

British Dictionary definitions for blindworm

blindworm

noun

another name for slowworm

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