blindworm

English Thesaurus

1. any of the small slender limbless burrowing wormlike amphibians of the order Gymnophiona; inhabit moist soil in tropical regions (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	amphibian,
definition	:	cold-blooded vertebrate typically living on land but breeding in water; aquatic larvae undergo metamorphosis into adult form (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	caeciliadae, caeciliidae, family caeciliadae, family caeciliidae,
definition	:	coextensive with the order Gymnophiona: legless amphibians (noun.animal)

2. small burrowing legless European lizard with tiny eyes; popularly believed to be blind (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	anguid lizard,
definition	:	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 (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	anguis, genus anguis,
definition	:	type genus of the Anguidae: blindworms (noun.animal)

3. any of the small slender limbless burrowing wormlike amphibians of the order Gymnophiona; inhabit moist soil in tropical regions (noun.animal)

derivation	:	caecilian,
definition	:	of or relating to or belonging to the family Caeciliidae (adj.pert)

derivation	:	caecilian,
definition	:	of or relating to or belonging to the family Caeciliidae (adj.pert)