slowwormとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• slow worm, slow-worm

語源

From Middle English sloworm (possibly influenced by slow), from 古期英語 slāwyrm (“slow-worm, blindworm”), from *slā (related to Norwegian slo (“slow-worm”), Swedish slå (“slow-worm”)) + wyrm (“worm, snake”). Compare Swedish ormslå.

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈsləʊwɜː(ɹ)m/

名詞

slowworm (複数形 slowworms)

1. A small Old World lizard, Anguis fragilis, often mistaken for a snake, having no legs and small eyes.

   Synonym: blindworm

   Hypernym: lizard

参照

• 2008, Anatoly Liberman, An Analytic Dictionary of English Etymology: An Introduction, pages 196-200

Further reading

• Anguis fragilis on Wikipedia.