Blindworm \Blind"worm`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) A small, burrowing, snakelike, limbless lizard ({Anguis fragilis}), with minute eyes, popularly believed to be blind; the slowworm; -- formerly a name for the adder. Newts and blindworms do no wrong. --Shak.
Anguis fragilis n : small burrowing legless European lizard with tiny eyes; popularly believed to be blind [syn: {blindworm}, {slowworm}]