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[syn: blindworm, slowworm, Anguis fragilis]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Blindworm \Blind"worm`\, n. (Zool.)
A small, burrowing, snakelike, limbless lizard (Anguis
fragilis), with minute eyes, popularly believed to be blind;
the slowworm; -- formerly a name for the adder.
[1913 Webster]
Newts and blindworms do no wrong. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Anguis fragilis
n 1: small burrowing legless European lizard with tiny eyes;
popularly believed to be blind [syn: blindworm,
slowworm, Anguis fragilis]