English noun: worm snake | |||
1. | worm snake (animal) wormlike burrowing snake of warm regions having vestigial eyes | ||
Synonyms | blind snake | ||
Broader (hypernym) | ophidian, serpent, snake | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | Leptotyphlops humilis, western blind snake | ||
Member meronym | family Leptotyphlopidae, Leptotyphlopidae | ||
2. | worm snake (animal) small reddish wormlike snake of eastern United States | ||
Synonyms | Carphophis amoenus, thunder snake | ||
Broader (hypernym) | colubrid, colubrid snake | ||
Member meronym | Carphophis, genus Carphophis | ||