Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An amphisbænoid lizard of Florida, Rhineura fioridana: so called as forced out of its burrows by a thunder-shower.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A small, footless, burrowing, snakelike lizard (
Rhineura Floridana ) allied to Amphisbæna, native of Florida; -- so called because it leaves its burrows after a thundershower.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A small burrowing
snake -likelizard (Rhineura floridana) native toFlorida .
Etymologies
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thunder + worm, so called because it leaves its burrows after a thunderstorm.
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