English noun: blindworm | |||
1. | blindworm (animal) small burrowing legless European lizard with tiny eyes; popularly believed to be blind | ||
Synonyms | Anguis fragilis, slowworm | ||
Broader (hypernym) | anguid lizard | ||
Member meronym | Anguis, genus Anguis | ||
2. | blindworm (animal) any of the small slender limbless burrowing wormlike amphibians of the order Gymnophiona; inhabit moist soil in tropical regions | ||
Synonyms | caecilian | ||
Broader (hypernym) | amphibian | ||
Member meronym | Caeciliadae, Caeciliidae, family Caeciliadae, family Caeciliidae | ||