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Definition of Anguis fragilis
1. Noun. Small burrowing legless European lizard with tiny eyes; popularly believed to be blind.
Generic synonyms: Anguid Lizard
Group relationships: Anguis, Genus Anguis
Lexicographical Neighbors of Anguis Fragilis
Literary usage of Anguis fragilis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1858)
"From what is recorded in works of reference, the slow-worm (anguis fragilis),
though the most accessible and easily managed of the reptile kind, ..."
2. On the Structure and Use of the Spleen by Henry Gray (1854)
"... and anguis fragilis, where the spleen presents in all a somewhat analogous form.
The organ is very small, bearing a proportion to the whole as 1 to ..."
3. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of the Progressive by Robert Jameson, Sir William Jardine, Henry D Rogers (1857)
"From what is recorded in works of reference, the slow-worm (anguis fragilis),
though the most accessible and easily managed of the reptile kind, ..."
4. Special pathology and therapeutics of the diseases of domestic animals v. 2 by Ferenc Hutyra (1912)
"... Moeller from a hazel worm (anguis fragilis), and Friedmann from a turtle, are
regarded by these authors as closely related to Koch's tubercle bacillus. ..."
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