SLOWWORM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does slowworm mean? 

• SLOWWORM (noun)
  The noun SLOWWORM has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: SLOWWORM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SLOWWORM (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 ("slowworm" 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 ("slowworm" is a member of...):

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