blindworm

American  

[blahynd-wurm] / ˈblaɪndˌwɜrm /

noun

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

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

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blindworm British  

/ ˈblaɪndˌwɜːm /

noun

1. another name for slowworm

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Etymology

Origin of blindworm

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

Example Sentences

The children are photographed running, climbing, playing hide and seek, bathing in the mud, jumping into water and examining cats, toads, frogs and blindworms.

From The Guardian

Snakes have a long tongue, split for some distance, and made double-forked; the blindworm's tongue has nothing but a little notch upon the tip.

From Project Gutenberg

The walls where hung the warrior's shining casque Are green with moss and mould; The blindworm coils where Queens have slept, nor asks For shelter from the cold.

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I occasionally saw a snake, but always of the harmless, blindworm variety.

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"The greater slow worm, called also the blindworm, is commonly thought to be blind, because of the littleness of his eyes."—GREW: ib.

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