anguid lizard

Definitions of anguid lizard

1. noun

   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
   types:

   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

   type of:

   lizard

   relatively long-bodied reptile with usually two pairs of legs and a tapering tail