Thunderworm

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A small burrowing snake-like lizard (Rhineura floridana) native to Florida.

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florida worm lizardgraveyard snake

Etymology

From thunder + worm, so called because it leaves its burrows after a thunderstorm.

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