blindworm

[ blahynd-wurm ]

/ ˈblaɪndˌwɜrm /

noun

a limbless European lizard, Anguis fragilis, related to the glass lizards.

a caecilian, Ichthyophis glutinosus, of Sri Lanka, that coils around its eggs.

Origin of blindworm

1425–75; late Middle English; see blind, worm; so called because the eyes are very small

Words nearby blindworm

blind stamping, blindstorey, blindstory, blind tiger, blind trust, blindworm, bling, bling-bling, blinging, blinglish, blini

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Example sentences from the Web for blindworm

I occasionally saw a snake, but always of the harmless, blindworm variety.
Jethou|E. R. Suffling
The blindworm then, is Saurophidian; it is quite as much a lizard as a snake.
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851.|Various
But the blindworm, or slowworm, as this creature is called, is perfectly harmless.
The Animal World, A Book of Natural History|Theodore Wood
It is because she dares not go to sleep on account of the Blindworm, who is waiting to catch her with her eyes closed.
The Curious Book of Birds|Abbie Farwell Brown

And the Blindworm was not sad like the others, neither seemed he to care in the least about the Nightingale's music.
The Curious Book of Birds|Abbie Farwell Brown

British Dictionary definitions for blindworm

blindworm

/ (ˈblaɪndˌwɜːm) /

noun

another name for slowworm

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单词	blindworm
释义	blindworm [ blahynd-wurm ] / ˈblaɪndˌwɜrm / noun a limbless European lizard, Anguis fragilis, related to the glass lizards. a caecilian, Ichthyophis glutinosus, of Sri Lanka, that coils around its eggs. Origin of blindworm 1425–75; late Middle English; see blind, worm; so called because the eyes are very small Words nearby blindworm blind stamping, blindstorey, blindstory, blind tiger, blind trust, blindworm, bling, bling-bling, blinging, blinglish, blini Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for blindworm I occasionally saw a snake, but always of the harmless, blindworm variety. Jethou\|E. R. Suffling The blindworm then, is Saurophidian; it is quite as much a lizard as a snake. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851.\|Various But the blindworm, or slowworm, as this creature is called, is perfectly harmless. The Animal World, A Book of Natural History\|Theodore Wood It is because she dares not go to sleep on account of the Blindworm, who is waiting to catch her with her eyes closed. The Curious Book of Birds\|Abbie Farwell Brown And the Blindworm was not sad like the others, neither seemed he to care in the least about the Nightingale's music. The Curious Book of Birds\|Abbie Farwell Brown British Dictionary definitions for blindworm blindworm / (ˈblaɪndˌwɜːm) / noun another name for slowworm Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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