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blindworm

[ blahynd-wurm ]

noun

  1. a limbless European lizard, Anguis fragilis, related to the glass lizards.
  2. a caecilian, Ichthyophis glutinosus, of Sri Lanka, that coils around its eggs.


blindworm

/ ˈblaɪndˌwɜːm /

noun

  1. 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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Word History and Origins

Origin of blindworm1

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

I occasionally saw a snake, but always of the harmless, blindworm variety.

When it is suddenly startled the blindworm sometimes behaves in a very odd way.

It is because she dares not go to sleep on account of the Blindworm, who is waiting to catch her with her eyes closed.

Once upon a time, when the world was very new, the Blindworm was not quite blind, but had one good eye.

And the Blindworm was not sad like the others, neither seemed he to care in the least about the Nightingale's music.

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