slowworm

A limbless lizard (Anguis fragilis) of Europe and western Asia, having a smooth snakelike body and feeding chiefly on slugs.

A scincoid lizard of the family Anguidæ: same as blindworm. Also slow. See cut under Anguis.

A lecertilian reptile; the blindworm.

A small Old World lizard, Anguis fragilis, often mistaken for a snake, having no legs and small eyes.

small burrowing legless European lizard with tiny eyes; popularly believed to be blind