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Definition of Slowworm

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

Definition of Slowworm

1. n. A lecertilian reptile; the blindworm.

Definition of Slowworm

1. Noun. A small Old World lizard, ''Anguis fragilis'', that has no legs and small eyes. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Slowworm

1. a European lizard having no legs [n -S]

Medical Definition of Slowworm

1. A lecertilian reptile; the blindworm. Origin: AS. Slawyrm; the first part is probably akin to slean to strike, the reptile being supposed to be very poisonous. See Slay, and Worm. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Slowworm

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Macbeth by William Shakespeare, William George Clark, William Aldis Wright (1878)
"A Suffolk proverb runs somehow thus : ' If the viper could hear and the slowworm could see, Then England from serpents would never be free. ..."

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