slowworm
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slowworm
- /ˈsləʊwɜː(ɹ)m/
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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.
noun slowworms · slow worm · slow-worm
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A small Old World lizard, Anguis fragilis, often mistaken for a snake, having no legs and small eyes.
Well, sir, it may be we shall have some better orations of it anon: well, Ile watch you as narrowly as ever you were watcht, and Ile play with you as the nightingale with the slowworme;[…]
Similar: blindworm, deaf adder, hazelworm, long-cripple, steelworm
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noun Anguis fragilis
| Español | lución, enánago, culebrilla de cristal |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 유럽무족도마뱀 yureommujokdomabaem |
| Português | licranço, cobra-de-vidro, licanço, alicanço |
| Français | orvet |
| Deutsch | Blindschleiche, Haselwurm, Hartwurm |
| Italiano | orbettino |
| Română | năpârcă |
| Русский | верете́ница vereténica |
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