Noun: joint snake joynt sneyk
- Snakelike lizard of Europe and Asia and North America with vestigial hind limbs and the ability to regenerate its long fragile tail
"The joint snake's tail broke off when a predator grabbed it, allowing the lizard to escape";
- glass lizard, glass snake
Derived forms: joint snakes
Type of: anguid lizard
Part of: genus Ophisaurus, Ophisaurus
Encyclopedia: Joint snake