Meaning of BLINDWORM
| Pronunciation: | | 'blInd`wurm
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- [n] small burrowing legless European lizard with tiny eyes; popularly believed to be blind
- [n] any of the small slender limbless burrowing wormlike amphibians of the order Gymnophiona; inhabit moist soil in tropical regions
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| | Synonyms: | | Anguis fragilis, caecilian, slowworm |
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| | See Also: | | amphibian, anguid lizard, Anguis, Caeciliidae, family Caeciliidae, genus Anguis | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Blind"worm`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A small, burrowing, snakelike, limbless lizard ({Anguis
fragilis}), with minute eyes, popularly believed to be blind;
the slowworm; -- formerly a name for the adder.
Newts and blindworms do no wrong. --Shak.
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