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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Blindworm \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: blindworm n 1: small burrowing legless European lizard with tiny eyes; popularly believed to be blind [syn: {slowworm}, {Anguis fragilis}] 2: any of the small slender limbless burrowing wormlike amphibians of the order Gymnophiona; inhabit moist soil in tropical regions [syn: {caecilian}]
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