glass snake
noun
: any of a genus (Ophisaurus) of limbless snakelike lizards of the southern U.S., Eurasia, and Africa with a fragile tail that readily breaks off from the body often in pieces
Word History
First Known Use
1709, in the meaning defined above
- strike up
- strike up a conversation
- strike upon
- strike valley
- strike while the iron is hot
- strike zone
- strike-a-light
- strike-anywhere match
- strike-dog
- strike-slip
- strike-through
- strike/touch a chord in/with
- strikebound
- strikebreaker
- strikebreakers
- strikebreaking
- strikebreakings
- strikeless
- strikeout
- strikeouts
- strikeover
- strikeovers
- striker
- striker boat
- striker-out