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Definition of Blindworm

1. Noun. Small burrowing legless European lizard with tiny eyes; popularly believed to be blind.

2. Noun. Any of the small slender limbless burrowing wormlike amphibians of the order Gymnophiona; inhabit moist soil in tropical regions.

Definition of Blindworm

1. n. A small, burrowing, snakelike, limbless lizard (Anguis fragilis), with minute eyes, popularly believed to be blind; the slowworm; -- formerly a name for the adder.

Definition of Blindworm

1. Noun. the slowworm ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Blindworm

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Medical Definition of Blindworm

1. 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) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Blindworm

blindman's bluff blindman's buff blindman's holiday blindness blindnesses blinds blindside blindsided blindsides blindsiding

blindsight blindspot blindspots blindstories blindstory blindworm (current term) blindworms bling bling bling blinged

blingier blingiest blingy blini blinis blink blink-and-you-miss-it blink-eyed blink away blink of an eye

Literary usage of Blindworm

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

1. The Gentleman's Magazine (1883)
"THE “blindworm.” IN one of my notes in the number for last December on “A Persecuted ... And further that “if the blindworm had to feed upon beetles, ..."

2. English Folk-rhymes: A Collection of Traditional Verses Relating to Places by G. F. Northall (1892)
"If the snake could hear, and the blindworm could see, Neither man nor beast should e'er go free. The Popular Educator, ii. 175. In places they say " If the ..."

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