blindworm
a limbless European lizard, Anguis fragilis, related to the glass lizards.
a caecilian, Ichthyophis glutinosus, of Sri Lanka, that coils around its eggs.
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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. SufflingWhen it is suddenly startled the blindworm sometimes behaves in a very odd way.
The Animal World, A Book of Natural History | Theodore WoodIt 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 BrownOnce 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 BrownAnd 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
/ (ˈblaɪndˌwɜːm) /
another name for slowworm
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