slowworm Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun small burrowing legless European lizard with tiny eyes; popularly believed to be blind
    Anguis fragilis; blindworm.

WordNet

Slow"worm` noun
Etymology
AS. slawyrm; the first part is probably akin to sleán to strike, the reptile being supposed to be very poisonous. See Slay, v. t., and Worm.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) A lecertilian reptile; the blindworm.

Webster 1913