slow-worm

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

SLOW-WORM, SLOE-WORM, noun An insect found on the leaves of the sloe-tree, which often changes its skin and assumes different colors. It changes into a four winged fly. SLOW-WORM, noun A kind of viper, the blind worm, scarcely venomous.
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