| blindworm | (n) small burrowing legless European lizard with tiny eyes; popularly believed to be blind, Syn. Anguis fragilis, slowworm |
| caecilian | (n) any of the small slender limbless burrowing wormlike amphibians of the order Gymnophiona; inhabit moist soil in tropical regions, Syn. blindworm |
| Blindworm | 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 ] |
| Blindschleiche { f } [ zool. ] | Blindschleichen { pl } | slowworm; blindworm; caecilain; coecilian | slowworms; blindworms [Add to Longdo] |