slow-worm

  • 1slow-worm — a small legless lizard, is the dominant current spelling (formerly also sloe worm). The word is unconnected with either sloes (the fruit) or the adjective slow …

    Modern English usage

  • 2slow-worm — ► NOUN ▪ a small snake like legless lizard that gives birth to live young. ORIGIN Old English, from an unexplained first element + wyrm «snake» …

    English terms dictionary

  • 3slow|worm — «SLOH WURM», noun. = blindworm. (Cf. ↑blindworm) …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 4slow-worm — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms slow worm : singular slow worm plural slow worms a type of lizard that has no legs and looks like a small snake …

    English dictionary

  • 5slow worm — /ˈsloʊ wɜm/ (say sloh werm) noun 1. → blind snake. 2. a European species of limbless lizard, Anguis fragilis; blindworm. Also, slow worm …

  • 6slow-worm — n. Blind worm (Anguis fragilis) …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 7slow-worm — n. a small European legless lizard, Anguis fragilis, giving birth to live young. Also called BLINDWORM. Etymology: OE sla wyrm: first element of uncert. orig., assim. to SLOW …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 8slow-worm — noun a small snake like legless lizard that gives birth to live young. [Anguis fragilis.] Origin OE slāwyrm, from slā (of uncertain origin) + wyrm snake …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 9slow-worm — noun (C) a small European lizard with no legs, which looks like a small snake …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 10Peloponnese Slow Worm — Taxobox name = Peloponnese Slow Worm status = NT | status system = IUCN3.1 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Reptilia ordo = Squamata familia = Anguidae genus = Anguis species = A. cephalonnica binomial = Anguis cephalonnica binomial… …

    Wikipedia