'Thunderworm' definitions:

Definition of 'Thunderworm'

From: GCIDE
  • Thunderworm \Thun"der*worm`\, n. (Zool.) A small, footless, burrowing, snakelike lizard ({Rhineura Floridana}) allied to Amphisbaena, native of Florida; -- so called because it leaves its burrows after a thundershower. [1913 Webster] Thundery