glass snake

British

noun

any snakelike lizard of the genus Ophisaurus, of Europe, Asia, and North America, with vestigial hind limbs and a tail that breaks off easily: family Anguidae

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Altogether, it has a very venomous look about it; but is truly one of the most harmless of creatures, not being a snake at all, though it goes by the name of the glass snake.

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He could follow the trail of a glass snake from sun to sun, he could see the wake of a fish a fathom below the surface of the water.

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Yes," she answered, as she laughed a little, almost contentedly; "we're like the glass snake.

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Then she began to butt those glass snake cages off their table, one by one.

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But how often can we be the glass snake?

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