'Blindworm' definitions:
Definition of 'blindworm'
From: WordNet
noun
Small burrowing legless European lizard with tiny eyes; popularly believed to be blind [syn: blindworm, slowworm, Anguis fragilis]
noun
Any of the small slender limbless burrowing wormlike amphibians of the order Gymnophiona; inhabit moist soil in tropical regions [syn: caecilian, blindworm]
Definition of 'Blindworm'
From: GCIDE
- Blindworm \Blind"worm`\, n. (Zool.) A small, burrowing, snakelike, limbless lizard ({Anguis fragilis}), with minute eyes, popularly believed to be blind; the slowworm; -- formerly a name for the adder. [1913 Webster]
- Newts and blindworms do no wrong. --Shak. [1913 Webster]