blindworm
Americannoun
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a limbless European lizard, Anguis fragilis, related to the glass lizards.
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a caecilian, Ichthyophis glutinosus, of Sri Lanka, that coils around its eggs.
noun
Etymology
Origin of blindworm
1425–75; late Middle English; see blind, worm; so called because the eyes are very small
Vocabulary lists containing blindworm
Example Sentences
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I occasionally saw a snake, but always of the harmless, blindworm variety.
From Jethou or Crusoe Life in the Channel Isles by Suffling, Ernest R. (Ernest Richard)
I touched it with my stick, when the pot-handle drew itself out of loop shape and slowly disappeared under some dead furze, showing the blunt tail of a blindworm.
From Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies by Jefferies, Richard
"The greater slow worm, called also the blindworm, is commonly thought to be blind, because of the littleness of his eyes."—GREW: ib.
From The Grammar of English Grammars by Brown, Goold
The blindworm then, is Saurophidian; it is quite as much a lizard as a snake.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851. by Various
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.
From Brittany & Its Byways by Palliser, Bury, Mrs.
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