slowworm

slow·worm (sl

wûrm

)

A limbless lizard (Anguis fragilis) of Europe, western Asia, and northern Africa, having a smooth snakelike body and feeding chiefly on slugs. Also called blindworm.

[Alteration (influenced by slow) of Middle English slowurm, from Old English slwyrm : sl-, earthworm, slowworm + wyrm, worm; see worm.]

slowworm [ˈsləʊˌwɜːm]

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a Eurasian legless lizard, Anguis fragilis, with a brownish-grey snakelike body: family Anguidae Also called blindworm

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Noun

slowworm - small burrowing legless European lizard with tiny eyes; popularly believed to be blind

Anguis fragilis, blindworm

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

Translations

slowworm [ˈsləʊwɜːm] N → lución m

slowworm [ˈsləʊˌwɜːm] n → orbettino

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anguid lizard
Anguis
Anguis fragilis
blindworm
genus Anguis
reptile
slow
WORM
Wormed
worming

In common with other species of lizard, the slowworm is able to shed its tail as a defence response to help escape from predators by providing a distraction.

The secretive slow-worma Will for Wildlife by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)

Visitors to the free event can see a range of live animals including otters, owls, snakes, lizards, newts, slowworms, hedgehogs, butterflies and moths.

WHAT'SON by South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)

Yesterday, I wrote about the animals I saw in my day's spotting - everything from slowworms to voles and bats.

'Which one is the swan?' by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk

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