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单词 worm snake
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Definition of worm snake in English:

worm snake

noun
  • 1A small harmless North American snake which resembles an earthworm.

    Carphophis amoena, family Colubridae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • One is the Saint Lucia racer, perhaps the rarest snake in the world, and the other is the worm snake, one of the smallest, measuring less than six inches long.
    • The primary prey of the worm snake is worms, but it will also take soft-bodied insects.
    • Purplish-brown above and salmon pink below, western worm snakes live underground and under flat rocks.
    • The worm snake, like all worm snakes, spent all its time under the dirt in its cage and was very difficult to handle - impossibly wriggly.
    • The worm snake is an unpatterned brown snake with a pink belly, pointed head and small eyes.
    • Its burrowing instinct compels the worm snake to push its head, as well as its pointed tail, between one's fingers.
    • The worm snake lives around forested places, and moist environments throughout Virginia and the Carolinas.
    • The worm snake is usually found under rocks and rotten logs where their prey, earthworms and soft-bodied insects, are abundant.
    • These range from the worm snakes having a length of about 10 centimeters to those more than 6 meters long.
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    another term for blind snake
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Blind snakes are often called worm snakes because of their resemblance to earthworms.
    • The worm snake bears teeth only on the lower jaw and is able to locate food by smell.
    • ‘Most blind snakes and worm snakes do have eyes, but they're vestigial,’ he said.
 
 

Definition of worm snake in US English:

worm snake

noun
  • 1A small harmless North American snake which resembles an earthworm.

    Carphophis amoena, family Colubridae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Its burrowing instinct compels the worm snake to push its head, as well as its pointed tail, between one's fingers.
    • These range from the worm snakes having a length of about 10 centimeters to those more than 6 meters long.
    • One is the Saint Lucia racer, perhaps the rarest snake in the world, and the other is the worm snake, one of the smallest, measuring less than six inches long.
    • The worm snake is an unpatterned brown snake with a pink belly, pointed head and small eyes.
    • The worm snake, like all worm snakes, spent all its time under the dirt in its cage and was very difficult to handle - impossibly wriggly.
    • The worm snake lives around forested places, and moist environments throughout Virginia and the Carolinas.
    • The worm snake is usually found under rocks and rotten logs where their prey, earthworms and soft-bodied insects, are abundant.
    • Purplish-brown above and salmon pink below, western worm snakes live underground and under flat rocks.
    • The primary prey of the worm snake is worms, but it will also take soft-bodied insects.
  • 2

    another term for blind snake
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The worm snake bears teeth only on the lower jaw and is able to locate food by smell.
    • ‘Most blind snakes and worm snakes do have eyes, but they're vestigial,’ he said.
    • Blind snakes are often called worm snakes because of their resemblance to earthworms.
 
 
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