SLOWWORM

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Anguis fragilis; blindworm; slowworm

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Nouns denoting animals

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)

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