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  • noun Plural form of slowworm.

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Examples

  • The boys at the village school say that slowworms are poisonous; is not that silly?

    Madam How and Lady Why Charles Kingsley 1847

  • They know that adders bite, and so they think that slowworms bite too.

    Madam How and Lady Why Charles Kingsley 1847

  • Natural England was concerned at first about the possible effect on reptiles but has withdrawn an initial objection now that "mitigation" measures were being taken to safeguard a population of slowworms.

    Whitehaven News headlines 2010

  • Natural England was concerned at first about the possible effect on reptiles but has withdrawn an initial objection now that "mitigation" measures were being taken to safeguard a population of slowworms.

    Whitehaven News headlines 2010

  • Natural England was concerned at first about the possible effect on reptiles but has withdrawn an initial objection now that "mitigation" measures were being taken to safeguard a population of slowworms.

    Whitehaven News headlines 2010

  • Natural England was concerned at first about the possible effect on reptiles but has withdrawn an initial objection now that "mitigation" measures were being taken to safeguard a population of slowworms.

    Whitehaven News headlines 2010

  • The common lizards and slowworms are currently living on grassland off Ramsden Dock Road - adjacent to the site of the planned Ramsden Business Park.

    Evening Mail news round-up 2009

  • The common lizards and slowworms are currently living on grassland off Ramsden Dock Road - adjacent to the site of the planned Ramsden Business Park.

    Evening Mail news round-up 2009

  • Common lizards and slowworms are currently living on grassland off Ramsden Dock Road - next to the site of the proposed Ramsden Business Park.

    Evening Mail news round-up 2009

  • The common lizards and slowworms are currently living on grassland off Ramsden Dock Road - adjacent to the site of the planned Ramsden Business Park.

    Evening Mail news round-up 2009

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