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worm snakenoun1A small harmless North American snake which resembles an earthworm.- Carphophis amoena, family Colubridae.
One is the Saint Lucia racer, perhaps the rarest snake in the world, and the other is the worm snake, one of the smallest, measuring less than six inches long....- Purplish-brown above and salmon pink below, western worm snakes live underground and under flat rocks.
- These range from the worm snakes having a length of about 10 centimeters to those more than 6 meters long.
2 another term for blind snake.‘Most blind snakes and worm snakes do have eyes, but they're vestigial,’ he said....- Blind snakes are often called worm snakes because of their resemblance to earthworms.
- The worm snake bears teeth only on the lower jaw and is able to locate food by smell.
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