blind·worm (bl nd wûrm )n. See slowworm. [From its small eyes.] |
blindworm [ˈblaɪndˌwɜːm]
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(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) another name for slowworm
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| Noun | 1. |  blindworm - small burrowing legless European lizard with tiny eyes; popularly believed to be blindanguid 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 Gymnophiona; inhabit moist soil in tropical regionsamphibian - 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 |
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