BLINDWORM

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does blindworm mean? 

• BLINDWORM (noun)
  The noun BLINDWORM has 2 senses:

1. small burrowing legless European lizard with tiny eyes; popularly believed to be blind

2. any of the small slender limbless burrowing wormlike amphibians of the order Gymnophiona; inhabit moist soil in tropical regions

  Familiarity information: BLINDWORM used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLINDWORM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small burrowing legless European lizard with tiny eyes; popularly believed to be blind

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Anguis fragilis; blindworm; slowworm

Hypernyms ("blindworm" is a kind of...):

anguid lizard (any of a small family of lizards widely distributed in warm areas; all are harmless and useful as destroyers of e.g. slugs and insects)

Holonyms ("blindworm" is a member of...):

Anguis; genus Anguis (type genus of the Anguidae: blindworms)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Any of the small slender limbless burrowing wormlike amphibians of the order Gymnophiona; inhabit moist soil in tropical regions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

blindworm; caecilian

Hypernyms ("blindworm" is a kind of...):

amphibian (cold-blooded vertebrate typically living on land but breeding in water; aquatic larvae undergo metamorphosis into adult form)

Holonyms ("blindworm" is a member of...):

Caeciliadae; Caeciliidae; family Caeciliadae; family Caeciliidae (coextensive with the order Gymnophiona: legless amphibians)