Originally: any of various kinds of snake, serpent, or legless lizard, including both harmless and venomous (or supposedly venomous) species (now rare…
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| 释义 | the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Lacertilia (lizards) > [noun] > family Anguidae > anguis fragilis (slow-worm or blindworm) (7) slow-wormOE Originally: any of various kinds of snake, serpent, or legless lizard, including both harmless and venomous (or supposedly venomous) species (now rare… blind-wormc1450 A reptile (Anguis fragilis) also called Slow-worm. (Formerly applied also to the Adder.) hagworm?c1475 A snake; esp. an adder or viper, (less commonly) a grass snake; (also) a slow-worm. death adder1608 = deaf adder, n. (in various senses). Now rare. addera1616 English regional. The slow-worm, Anguis fragilis, formerly thought to be venomous. Cf. deaf adder, n. 2a. deaf adder1758 English regional (southern). The slow-worm, Anguis fragilis. Cf. adder, n.1 2c. Subcategories:— lizard allied to (1) |
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