blind snake

/blaɪnd sneɪk/
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Other forms: blind snakes

Definitions of blind snake
  1. noun
    wormlike burrowing snake of warm regions having vestigial eyes
    synonyms: worm snake
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    types:
    Leptotyphlops humilis, western blind snake
    burrows among roots of shrubs and beneath rocks in desert and rocky hillside areas and beach sand of western United States
    type of:
    ophidian, serpent, snake
    limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous
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