Noun: glass snake glãs sneyk
- 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