anguis fragilis

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Anguis fragilis
    n 1: small burrowing legless European lizard with tiny eyes;
         popularly believed to be blind [syn: {blindworm},
         {slowworm}, {Anguis fragilis}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Blindworm \Blind"worm`\, n. (Zool.)
   A small, burrowing, snakelike, limbless lizard ({Anguis
   fragilis}), with minute eyes, popularly believed to be blind;
   the slowworm; -- formerly a name for the adder.
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         Newts and blindworms do no wrong.        --Shak.
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