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Noun: glass snake  glãs sneyk
  1. Snakelike lizard of Europe and Asia and North America with vestigial hind limbs and the ability to regenerate its long fragile tail
    "The glass snake's tail broke off when a predator grabbed it, allowing the lizard to escape";
    - glass lizard, joint snake

Derived forms: glass snakes

Type of: anguid lizard

Part of: genus Ophisaurus, Ophisaurus

Encyclopedia: Glass snake