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ANGUIS FRAGILIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Anguis fragilis mean? 

ANGUIS FRAGILIS (noun)
  The noun ANGUIS FRAGILIS has 1 sense:

1. small burrowing legless European lizard with tiny eyes; popularly believed to be blindplay

  Familiarity information: ANGUIS FRAGILIS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ANGUIS FRAGILIS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Anguis fragilis; blindworm; slowworm

Hypernyms ("Anguis fragilis" is a kind of...):

anguid lizard (any of a small family of lizards widely distributed in warm areas; all are harmless and useful as destroyers of e.g. slugs and insects)

Holonyms ("Anguis fragilis" is a member of...):

Anguis; genus Anguis (type genus of the Anguidae: blindworms)


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