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Worm lizard is a noun.
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WHAT DOES WORM LIZARD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

worm lizard

Amphisbaenia

Amphisbaenia is a group of usually legless squamates, comprising over 180 extant species. Amphisbaenians are characterized by long bodies, reduction or loss of the limbs, and rudimentary eyes. As many species possess a pink body coloration and scales arranged in rings, they have a superficial resemblance to earthworms. All are limbless except for Bipes, which retains forelimbs. Although superficially similar to the snakes and Dibamidae, recent phylogenetic studies suggest that they are most closely related to the Lacertidae. Amphisbaenians are widely distributed, occurring in North America, Europe, Africa, South America, and the Caribbean. Most species are less than 6 inches long. Little is known of them outside of their anatomy, and even that is difficult to study due to the mechanics of dissecting such small animals.

Definition of worm lizard in the English dictionary

The definition of worm lizard in the dictionary is any wormlike burrowing legless lizard of the family Amphisbaenidae, of Africa, South and Central America, and S Europe.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WORM LIZARD

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WORDS THAT END LIKE WORM LIZARD

bearded lizard
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flying lizard
frill-necked lizard
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Komodo lizard
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Synonyms and antonyms of worm lizard in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «worm lizard» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WORM LIZARD

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The translations of worm lizard from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «worm lizard» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

蠕虫的蜥蜴
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

lagarto gusano
570 millions of speakers

English

worm lizard
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कीड़ा छिपकली
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

دودة سحلية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

червь ящерица
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

verme lagarto
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কীট গিরগিটি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

lézard de ver
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kadal cacing
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Wurm Eidechse
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ワームのトカゲ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

웜 도마뱀
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kadal cacing
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

sâu thằn lằn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

புழு பல்லி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कीड सरडा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Solucan kertenkele
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

lucertola verme
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

robak jaszczurka
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

черв´як ящірка
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

vierme șopârlă
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

σκουλήκι σαύρα
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

wurm akkedis
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

mask ödla
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

orm øgle
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WORM LIZARD»

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Discovering Australia's Fragile Wildlife:
The Eared Worm-lizard This species is the only worm-lizard with an ear opening. All others have scale coverings where ear openings would be. Found only in north-western Victoria, the Eared Worm- lizard has a beautiful longitudinal pattern ...
Mark Fox, Olga Fox, 2005
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Extraordinary Animals: An Encyclopedia of Curious and ...
White Worm Lizard—A white worm lizard White Worm Lizard—A white worm lizard raises its tail and head off the ground to removed from its subterranean lair. The grooves, confuse predators as to which end is its head. encircling its body and ...
Ross Piper, 2007
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Field Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of Southern Africa
hmgt i('A. occidentalis Lang's Round-headed Worm Lizard Chirlndla Umgi (P1. 42) (Endemic) SVL 120-140 mm; max. SVL 158 mm. A small, elongate worm lizard with a rounded head. There are three upper labials, and the ocular is fused with ...
William R. Branch, 1998
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Elsevier's Dictionary of Reptiles
Murray Wrobel. 27 Amphisbaena polygrammica 413 Amphisbaenafuliginosa Squamata - Amphisbaenidae e Speckled Worm Lizard; Black-and- white Worm Lizard; Spotted Worm Lizard d Gefleckte Doppelschleiche f Amphisbène enfumé 414 ...
Murray Wrobel, 2004
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Amphibians and Reptiles of Georgia
Adult Florida worm lizard, Hernando County, Florida (Kevin Enge) Florida Worm Lizard Rhineura flohdana -total length -. Description This bizarre legless animal may reach a total length of 38 cm (14.8 in), but the average adult is approximately  ...
John B. Jensen, 2008
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Herpetological Osteopathology: Annotated Bibliography of ...
... Bufo lentiginosus See Bufo woodhousii woodhousii Southern copperhead Cotton-mouth moccasin Amphisbaenian worm lizard Green salamander Clouded salamander Arboreal salamander Anelytropsis Anguisfragilis Anilius scytale Anolis ...
Bruce M. Rothschild, Hans-Peter Schultze, Rodrigo Pellegrini, 2012
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CSIRO List of Australian Vertebrates: A Reference with ...
... 1892) V R V NT 2139 PYGOPODIDAE Legless Lizard Aprasia aurita Kluge, 1974 T VU 2141 Shark Bay Worm-lizard Aprasia haroldi Storr, 1978 2142 Uncommitted Aprasiafusca Storr, 1979 2910 Mallee Worm-lizard Aprasia inaurita Kluge, ...
Mark Clayton, John Wombey, Ian Mason, 2006
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CSIRO List of Australian Vertebrates: A Reference with ...
... 1892) V R V NT 2139 PYGOPODIDAE Legless Lizard Aprasia aurita Kluge, 1974 T VU 2141 Shark Bay Worm-lizard Aprasia haroldi Storr, 1978 2142 Uncommitted Aprasiafusca Storr, 1979 2910 Mallee Worm-lizard Aprasia inaurita Kluge, ...
John C. Wombey, Ian J. Mason, 2006
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A Random Duplication/deletion Model in Genome Arrangement
Amphisbaena schmidti (central bearded dragon) (Schmidt's worm lizard) 4. Chlamydosaurus kingii (frilled dragon) 21. Geocalamus acutus 5. Xenagama taylori (wedge-snouted worm lizard) (dwarf shield tailed agama) 22. Rhineura floridana 6 ...
Soowan Sohn, 2007
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The Young Naturalist's Guide to Florida
One family of lizards, called Worm Lizards because they resemble earthworms, have no legs for burrowing, yet they live underground. The Florida Worm Lizard looks like a large, pinkish earthworm, but it can be 30 centimeters (nearly a ...
Peggy Lantz, Wendy Hale, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WORM LIZARD»

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Worm Lizards Spread by Rafting From One Continent to Another
(Newser) – You may not be familiar with worm lizards, but they've actually done quite well for themselves: The 180 living species of amphisbaenians, as they're ... «Newser, Apr 15»
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Worm Lizards Floated Their Way Around the World
This is a big finding in the tiny world of worm lizard biology. It had once been assumed that they dispersed on the supercontinent Pangea before it broke up and ... «Newsweek, Apr 15»
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Bizarre Worm Lizards Rafted Across Oceans to Find Their Homes
There are a lot of strange creatures out there that you probably have never seen. This is likely the case for the tiny burrowing reptiles known as worm lizards, ... «Nature World News, Apr 15»
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Prehistoric worm lizards rode driftwood across the oceans, study finds
Worm lizards, which resemble the chest-bursting aliens of Aliens, used to be spread across the globe, yet now are relegated to the annals of pre-history. «RedOrbit, Apr 15»
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Worm Lizards Traveled the World by Sea
This image shows the skull and skeleton of Iberian Worm Lizard, (Blanus). Image: Nick Longrich Tiny, burrowing reptiles known as worm lizards became ... «Laboratory Equipment, Apr 15»
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Worm lizards dispersed by 'rafting' over oceans, not continental drift
Tiny, burrowing reptiles known as worm lizards became widespread long after the breakup of the continents, leading scientists to conclude that they must have ... «Phys.Org, Mar 15»
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Mongolian Death Worm: Elusive Legend of the Gobi Desert
It is said to resemble a large fat worm, up to 1 meter (3 feet) long and dark red in color ... Of course, not all the characteristics of the worm lizard or sand boa are a ... «LiveScience.com, Jun 14»
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Weird 'Worm Lizard' Fossil Discovered In Spain
Now, the first complete skull of the ancestor of today's bizarre "worm lizards" reveals that these strange reptiles have been largely unchanged for at least 11 ... «Huffington Post, Jun 14»
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Fossilised skull reveals secrets of 11 million year old worm lizard
THE world's first ever worm lizard skull has been found in Spain, revealing ground-breaking information about the bizarre snake-lizard hybrid. The fossilized ... «Olive Press, Jun 14»
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11-Million-Year-Old Weird Worm Lizard Discovered
They look like snakes, but don't be fooled: Legless, slithering amphisbaenians are more closely related to lizards than to boa constrictors. Now, the first complete ... «Discovery News, Jun 14»

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