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

Words Nearby blindworm

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How to use blindworm in a sentence

I occasionally saw a snake, but always of the harmless, blindworm variety.
Jethou | E. R. Suffling
When it is suddenly startled the blindworm sometimes behaves in a very odd way.
The Animal World, A Book of Natural History | Theodore Wood
It is because she dares not go to sleep on account of the blindworm, who is waiting to catch her with her eyes closed.
The Curious Book of Birds | Abbie Farwell Brown
Once upon a time, when the world was very new, the blindworm was not quite blind, but had one good eye.
The Curious Book of Birds | Abbie Farwell Brown
And the blindworm was not sad like the others, neither seemed he to care in the least about the Nightingale's music.
The Curious Book of Birds | Abbie Farwell Brown

British Dictionary definitions for blindworm

blindworm

/ (ˈblaɪndˌwɜːm) /

noun

another name for slowworm

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