Hypertext Webster Gateway: "slowworm"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Slowworm \Slow"worm`\, n. [AS. sl[=a]wyrm; the first part is
probably akin to sle['a]n to strike, the reptile being
supposed to be very poisonous. See {Slay}, v. t., and
{Worm}.] (Zo["o]l.)
A lecertilian reptile; the blindworm.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
slowworm
n : small burrowing legless European lizard with tiny eyes;
popularly believed to be blind [syn: {blindworm}, {Anguis
fragilis}]
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