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Answer for the clue "Inhabit moist soil in tropical regions ", 9 letters:
blindworm

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Word definitions for blindworm in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Blindworm \Blind"worm`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) A small, burrowing, snakelike, limbless lizard ( Anguis fragilis ), with minute eyes, popularly believed to be blind; the slowworm; -- formerly a name for the adder. Newts and blindworms do no wrong. --Shak.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. small burrowing legless European lizard with tiny eyes; popularly believed to be blind [syn: slowworm , Anguis fragilis ] any of the small slender limbless burrowing wormlike amphibians of the order Gymnophiona; inhabit moist soil in tropical regions ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. the slowworm

Usage examples of blindworm.

And still along the garden-run The blindworm stretched him, drunk of sun.

Chert thought, was enough to make a person want to lie down on the ground, close his eyes, and become a blindworm Surely blindworms didnt have to put up with nonsense like this?

It is curious that in places where blindworms are often seen their innocuous nature should not be generally known.

In the theme park, in cold blood, the blindworms and salamanders gave a sudden twitch a shrug of ooze.