Definition of Anguis fragilis

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

Exact synonyms: Blindworm, Slowworm
Generic synonyms: Anguid Lizard
Group relationships: Anguis, Genus Anguis

Lexicographical Neighbors of Anguis Fragilis

Angry Young Man
Angry Young Men
Angst
Angstrom's law
Angstrom scale
Anguidae
Anguilla
Anguilla sucklandii
Anguillan
Anguillans
Anguillidae
Anguilliformes
Anguillula
Anguillula aceti
Anguis
Anguis fragilis
Angus
Angus Frank Johnstone Wilson
Angus Og
Anhima
Anhima cornuta
Anhimidae
Anhinga anhinga
Anhingidae
Anhui
Anicha
Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius
Anigozanthus
Anigozanthus manglesii
Animalia

Literary usage of Anguis fragilis

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

1. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1858)
"From what is recorded in works of reference, the slow-worm (anguis fragilis), though the most accessible and easily managed of the reptile kind, ..."

2. On the Structure and Use of the Spleen by Henry Gray (1854)
"... and anguis fragilis, where the spleen presents in all a somewhat analogous form. The organ is very small, bearing a proportion to the whole as 1 to ..."

3. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of the Progressive by Robert Jameson, Sir William Jardine, Henry D Rogers (1857)
"From what is recorded in works of reference, the slow-worm (anguis fragilis), though the most accessible and easily managed of the reptile kind, ..."

4. Special pathology and therapeutics of the diseases of domestic animals v. 2 by Ferenc Hutyra (1912)
"... Moeller from a hazel worm (anguis fragilis), and Friedmann from a turtle, are regarded by these authors as closely related to Koch's tubercle bacillus. ..."

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