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blindworm

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blind·worm  (blndwûrm)
n.
See slowworm.

[From its small eyes.]

blindworm [ˈblaɪndˌwɜːm]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) another name for slowworm
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Noun1.blindworm - small burrowing legless European lizard with tiny eyesblindworm - small burrowing legless European lizard with tiny eyes; popularly believed to be blind
anguid lizard - any of a small family of lizards widely distributed in warm areas; all are harmless and useful as destroyers of e.g. slugs and insects
Anguis, genus Anguis - type genus of the Anguidae: blindworms
2.blindworm - any of the small slender limbless burrowing wormlike amphibians of the order Gymnophionablindworm - any of the small slender limbless burrowing wormlike amphibians of the order Gymnophiona; inhabit moist soil in tropical regions
amphibian - cold-blooded vertebrate typically living on land but breeding in water; aquatic larvae undergo metamorphosis into adult form
Caeciliadae, Caeciliidae, family Caeciliadae, family Caeciliidae - coextensive with the order Gymnophiona: legless amphibians
Translations
blindworm [ˈblaɪndwɜːm] Nlución m


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