worm snake

Questions about worm snake

What does worm snake mean?

worm snake means "wormlike burrowing snake of warm regions having vestigial eyes". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for worm snake?

Close synonyms include blind snake, thunder snake, Carphophis amoenus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is worm snake a common word?

worm snake is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.