A small burrowing insectivorous snake which lacks a distinct head and has very small inefficient eyes.
盲蛇。亦称WORM SNAKE
Infraorder Scolecophidia: three families, in particular Typhlopidae, and several genera
Also called worm snake
Example sentencesExamples
The startling discovery was that as we kept coming back to this island over two or three years we kept finding the same blind snakes which we'd marked.
A rare blind snake has been rediscovered in Madagascar a century after its last sighting.
Almost simultaneously a western blind snake (Leptotyphlops humilis) popped out of the nest and wriggled off into the night.
Although there's not a trace left on the outside, boas, pythons, and blind snakes all have completely useless vestigial hipbones buried in their bodies.
Depending on their size - which can range from a 2-inch blind snake to a 38-foot green anaconda, snakes' carnivorous diets range from mice, rats, fish, frogs and eggs to small deer, crocodiles and even other snakes.
Definition of blind snake in US English:
blind snake
noun
A small burrowing insectivorous snake which lacks a distinct head and has very small inefficient eyes.
盲蛇。亦称WORM SNAKE
Infraorder Scolecophidia: three families, in particular Typhlopidae, and several genera
Also called worm snake
Example sentencesExamples
The startling discovery was that as we kept coming back to this island over two or three years we kept finding the same blind snakes which we'd marked.
A rare blind snake has been rediscovered in Madagascar a century after its last sighting.
Although there's not a trace left on the outside, boas, pythons, and blind snakes all have completely useless vestigial hipbones buried in their bodies.
Depending on their size - which can range from a 2-inch blind snake to a 38-foot green anaconda, snakes' carnivorous diets range from mice, rats, fish, frogs and eggs to small deer, crocodiles and even other snakes.
Almost simultaneously a western blind snake (Leptotyphlops humilis) popped out of the nest and wriggled off into the night.