Blind'-worm, n.

(-wûrm), n. [blind and worm.] A small reptile without feet, like a snake. It belongs to the family Scincidæ, and is called also slow-worm. It is a species of Anguis (A. fragilis), and is about a foot long. Its eyes being very minute, it has often been supposed to be blind; hence the name. Baird.

Newts and blind-worms do no wrong. Shak.