worm lizard

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   a lizard of the genus Amphisbaena; harmless wormlike limbless lizard of warm or tropical regions having concealed eyes and ears and a short blunt tail

   Broaderlizard

   Part ofAmphisbaena

Questions about worm lizard

What does worm lizard mean?

worm lizard means "a lizard of the genus Amphisbaena; harmless wormlike limbless lizard of warm or tropical regions having concealed eyes and ears and a short blunt tail".

Is worm lizard a common word?

worm lizard is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.