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Definition of Slowworm
1. Noun. Small burrowing legless European lizard with tiny eyes; popularly believed to be blind.
Generic synonyms: Anguid Lizard
Group relationships: Anguis, Genus Anguis
Definition of Slowworm
1. n. A lecertilian reptile; the blindworm.
Definition of Slowworm
1. Noun. A small Old World lizard, ''Anguis fragilis'', that has no legs and small eyes. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Slowworm
1. a European lizard having no legs [n -S]
Medical Definition of Slowworm
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Slowworm
Literary usage of Slowworm
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Macbeth by William Shakespeare, William George Clark, William Aldis Wright (1878)
"A Suffolk proverb runs somehow thus : ' If the viper could hear and the slowworm
could see, Then England from serpents would never be free. ..."