blindworm

A noun referring to a small, burrowing, legless European lizard with tiny eyes, popularly believed to be blind; also used for any small, slender, limbless, burrowing wormlike amphibian of the order Gymnophiona that inhabits moist soil in tropical regions.

• 🇷🇺Существительное, обозначающее небольшую, роющую, безногую европейскую ящерицу с крошечными глазами, которую в народе считают слепой; также используется для обозначения любой мелкой, стройной, безногой, роющей червеобразной амфибии отряда Gymnophiona, обитающей во влажной почве в тропических регионах.

1. Legless lizard C1 formal

   A small, burrowing, legless European lizard with very small eyes, often mistakenly thought to be blind.

   • The blindworm is often found under logs in damp forests.
   • Despite its name, the blindworm can actually see, though poorly.
   • This legless lizard, the blindworm, is harmless to humans.

   🇷🇺Веретеница

   Синонимы: slowworm

2. Caecilian C2 formal

   Any of the small, slender, limbless, wormlike amphibians of the order Gymnophiona, which inhabit moist soil in tropical regions.

   • The blindworm, or caecilian, is rarely seen above ground.
   • Tropical blindworms burrow through the soil in search of insects.
   • Scientists discovered a new species of blindworm in the Amazon.

   🇷🇺Червяга

   Синонимы: caecilian

• blindworms plural form
• blindworms' possessive plural form
• blindworm's possessive singular form