noun
- plural of slowworm; legless lizards that resemble snakes but have eyelids and can shed their tails
Usage: zoological
Examples
- The garden was home to several slowworms hiding under logs.
- Unlike snakes, slowworms can blink their eyes.
- Slowworms are beneficial to gardeners as they eat slugs and insects.
- The children were fascinated to learn that slowworms are actually lizards.
- Slowworms can live for up to 30 years in the wild.
- When threatened, slowworms may shed part of their tail to escape predators.