anguid lizard

Noun
  1. Any of a small family of lizards widely distributed in warm areas;
    All are harmless and useful as destroyers of e.g. slugs and insects (synset 101692052)
    is a type of: lizard - relatively long-bodied reptile with usually two pairs of legs and a tapering tail
    subtypes:
    • alligator lizard - slim short-limbed lizard having a distinctive fold on each side that permits expansion; of western North America
    • anguis fragilis, blindworm, slowworm - small burrowing legless European lizard with tiny eyes; popularly believed to be blind
    • glass lizard, glass snake, joint snake - snakelike lizard of Europe and Asia and North America with vestigial hind limbs and the ability to regenerate its long fragile tail
    belongs to: anguidae, family anguidae - alligator lizards

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