Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Any snake of the family Uropeltidæ; a shieldtail.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) Any species of small ground snakes of the family
Uropeltidæ ; -- so called from theirrough tails .
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- adjective zoology Having a rough tail.
- noun A small ground
snake of the family Uropeltidae.
Etymologies
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rough + tail
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