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A small Old World lizard, Anguis fragilis, often mistaken for a snake, having no legs and small eyes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: blindworm, deaf adder, hazelworm, long-cripple, steelworm
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: lizard
small burrowing legless European lizard with tiny eyes; popularly believed to be blind
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: blindworm, Anguis fragilis
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: anguid lizard
From Middle English sloworm (possibly influenced by slow), from Old English slāwyrm (“slow-worm, blindworm”), from *slā, related to Norwegian slo (“slow-worm”), Swedish slå (“slow-worm”) + wyrm (“worm, snake”). Compare Swedish ormslå.
Across languages
Translations
61 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Asturian:
esculibiertu
— Anguis fragilis
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Asturian:
aragüezu
— Anguis fragilis
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Asturian:
escolanciu
— Anguis fragilis
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Basque:
ziraun
— Anguis fragilis
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Bulgarian:
слепок
(slepok)
— Anguis fragilis
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Catalan:
vidriol
— Anguis fragilis
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Catalan:
serp de vidre
— Anguis fragilis
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Catalan:
noia
— Anguis fragilis
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Catalan:
llisona
— Anguis fragilis
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Cornish:
anav
— Anguis fragilis
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Czech:
slepýš
— Anguis fragilis
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Dutch:
hazelworm
— Anguis fragilis
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Esperanto:
angviso
— Anguis fragilis
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Estonian:
vaskuss
— Anguis fragilis
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Finnish:
vaskitsa
— Anguis fragilis
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Franco-Provençal:
anvouèt
— Anguis fragilis
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French:
orvet
— Anguis fragilis
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Galician:
escáncer
— Anguis fragilis
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Galician:
liscanzo
— Anguis fragilis
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German:
Blindschleiche
— Anguis fragilis
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German:
Haselwurm
— Anguis fragilis
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German:
Hartwurm
— Anguis fragilis
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Hungarian:
lábatlan gyík
— Anguis fragilis
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Ingrian:
vaskimato
— Anguis fragilis
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Irish:
earcán
— Anguis fragilis
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Irish:
earcán caoch
— Anguis fragilis
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Italian:
orbettino
— Anguis fragilis
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Korean:
유럽무족도마뱀
(yureommujokdomabaem)
— Anguis fragilis
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Manx:
ardnieu kyagh
— Anguis fragilis
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Norwegian Bokmål:
stålorm
— Anguis fragilis
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
sleve
— Anguis fragilis
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
slo
— Anguis fragilis
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
stålorm
— Anguis fragilis
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Persian:
کلمره
— Anguis fragilis
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Polabian:
snok
— Anguis fragilis
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Polish:
padalec
— Anguis fragilis
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Portuguese:
licranço
— Anguis fragilis
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Portuguese:
cobra-de-vidro
— Anguis fragilis
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Portuguese:
licanço
— Anguis fragilis
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Portuguese:
alicanço
— Anguis fragilis
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Romanian:
năpârcă
— Anguis fragilis
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Russian:
верете́ница
(vereténica)
— Anguis fragilis
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Scottish Gaelic:
nathair-challtainn
— Anguis fragilis
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Slovene:
slepec
— Anguis fragilis
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Spanish:
lución
— Anguis fragilis
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Spanish:
enánago
— Anguis fragilis
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Spanish:
culebrilla de cristal
— Anguis fragilis
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Swedish:
blindorm
— Anguis fragilis
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Swedish:
blindödla
— Anguis fragilis
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Swedish:
kopparorm
— Anguis fragilis
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Swedish:
kopparödla
— Anguis fragilis
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Swedish:
näder
— Anguis fragilis
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Swedish:
nädra
— Anguis fragilis
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Swedish:
ormslå
— Anguis fragilis
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Turkish:
yılanımsı kertenkele
— Anguis fragilis
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Volapük:
rovät
— Anguis fragilis
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Walloon:
dizi
— Anguis fragilis
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Walloon:
colevrot
— Anguis fragilis
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Walloon:
scourlot
— Anguis fragilis
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Welsh:
madfall
— Anguis fragilis
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Welsh:
neidr ddefaid
— Anguis fragilis