Definitions for: Blindworm

[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

Webster (1913) 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.

Synonyms: Anguis fragilis, caecilian, slowworm

See Also: amphibian, anguid lizard, Anguis, Caeciliidae, family Caeciliidae, genus Anguis

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