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BLINDWORM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of the small slender limbless burrowing wormlike amphibians of the order Gymnophiona; inhabit moist soil in tropical regions
Synonyms:
blindworm; caecilian
Classified under:
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)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Small burrowing legless European lizard with tiny eyes; popularly believed to be blind
Synonyms:
Anguis fragilis; blindworm; slowworm
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
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)
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