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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Slowworm  \Slow"worm`\,  n.  [AS.  sl[=a]wyrm;  the  first  part  is 
  probably  akin  to  sle['a]n  to  strike,  the  reptile  being 
  supposed  to  be  very  poisonous.  See  {Slay},  v.  t.,  and 
  {Worm}.]  (Zo["o]l.) 
  A  lecertilian  reptile;  the  blindworm. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  slowworm 
  n  :  small  burrowing  legless  European  lizard  with  tiny  eyes; 
  popularly  believed  to  be  blind  [syn:  {blindworm},  {Anguis 
  fragilis}] 




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