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. See slowworm
   another name for slowworm

Word History and Origins

Origin of blindworm¹

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

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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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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