glass snake

British  

noun

1. 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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glass snake

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

From Phantom Wires A Novel by Arthur William Brown

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.

From Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 2 by James Athearn Jones

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.

From The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America by William Henry Giles Kingston

But how often can we be the glass snake?

From Phantom Wires A Novel by Arthur William Brown

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

From The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals A Book of Personal Observations by William Temple Hornaday