1. Wormlike burrowing snake of warm regions having vestigial eyes
   "The worm snake spends most of its life underground, feeding on insect larvae and eggs";
   - blind snake
    
2. Small reddish wormlike snake of eastern United States
   "The worm snake spends most of its time burrowing underground";
   - thunder snake, Carphophis amoenus

Derived forms: worm snakes

Type of: colubrid, colubrid snake, ophidian, serpent, snake

Part of: Carphophis, family Leptotyphlopidae, genus Carphophis, Leptotyphlopidae

Encyclopedia: Worm snake