| NOUN | animal | blindworm, slowworm, Anguis fragilis | small burrowing legless European lizard with tiny eyes |
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| animal | blindworm, caecilian | any of the small slender limbless burrowing wormlike amphibians of the order Gymnophiona |
| Meaning | small burrowing legless European lizard with tiny eyes; popularly believed to be blind. | |
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| Synonyms | slowworm, Anguis fragilis | |
| Member of | Anguis, genus Anguis | type genus of the Anguidae |
| Broader | anguid lizard | Any of a small family of lizards widely distributed in warm areas |
| Spanish | lución | |
| Catalan | Anguis fragilis, lliseta, llisona, serp de vidre, vidriol | |
| Meaning | Any of the small slender limbless burrowing wormlike amphibians of the order Gymnophiona; inhabit moist soil in tropical regions. | |
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| Synonym | caecilian | |
| Member of | Caeciliidae, family Caeciliidae, Caeciliadae, family Caeciliadae | coextensive with the order Gymnophiona |
| Broader | amphibian | cold-blooded vertebrate typically living on land but breeding in water |
| Catalan | gimnofió | |
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