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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

THUNDERWORM

THUNDERWORM Thun "der *worm `, n. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: A small, footless, burrowing, snakelike lizard (Rhineura Floridana ) allied to Amphisbæna, native of Florida; -- so called because it leaves its burrows after a thundershower.