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snakelike lizard of Europe and Asia and North America with vestigial hind limbs and the ability to regenerate its long fragile tail

1. : a limbless lizard (Ophisaurus ventralis) of the southern United States superficially resembling a snake and having a tail capable of being broken off completely into one or more small pieces and replaced by a new tail

2. : any of several lizards similar to the No. American glass snake that are found in the Old World

glass snake noun

A legless lizard (genus Ophisaurus) with a brittle tail

Main Entry: ↑glass

glass snake,

a legless, harmless, snakelike lizard of southeastern and central United States and Mexico, that grows about two feet long and has a tail twice as long as its body: »

The lizard known as the glass snake escapes from its enemies by breaking off the end of its tail. It later grows a new one (Ralph Buchsbaum).

n. another term for glass lizard