Definition of Blind snake

1. Noun. Wormlike burrowing snake of warm regions having vestigial eyes.

Exact synonyms: Worm Snake
Generic synonyms: Ophidian, Serpent, Snake
Group relationships: Family Leptotyphlopidae, Leptotyphlopidae
Specialized synonyms: Leptotyphlops Humilis, Western Blind Snake

Lexicographical Neighbors of Blind Snake

blind man
blind man's bluff
blind man's buff
blind map
blind nailing
blind nasotracheal intubation
blind person
blind pig
blind pigs
blind pool
blind pools
blind quote
blind quotes
blind side
blind snake (current term)
blind spot
blind spots
blind staggers
blind stitch
blind stitches
blind stitching
blind study
blind test
blind thrust fault
blind tiger
blind tigers
blind tooling
blind trust
blindable

Literary usage of Blind snake

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. First Lessons in Zoology: Adapted for Use in Schools by Alpheus Spring Packard (1894)
"In the blind-snake Fio. 181.—Head and (ail end of blind-snake (Concilia). there are no legs at all, and thus we have amphibians without legs, just as snakes ..."

2. College zoology by Robert William Hegner (1918)
"... the Texas blind snake, in Texas and New Mexico, and G. hum il is, the California blind snake, in Arizona, and southern California. ..."

3. The Province of South Australia: Written for the South Australian Government by James Dominick Woods, H. D. Wilson (1894)
"... and two whose species is uncertain Four species are considered to be peculiar to South Australia, viz., Peters- blind snake ( Typhlops ..."

4. The Reptile Book: A Comprehensive, Popularised Work on the Structure and by Raymond Lee Ditmars (1907)
"Tail about one-twentieth of the total length. TEXAS blind snake ... (See illustration). Colouration like preceding. CALIFORNIA blind snake ..."

5. Zoology for High Schools and Colleges by Alpheus Spring Packard (1886)
"The blind snake with its several allies is the representative of this small but interesting order. The body is snake-like, being long and cylindrical; ..."

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