"blindworm" meaning in English

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          "text": "[…] we haue a blind worme to be found vnder logs in woods, and timber that hath lien long in a place, which some also doo call (and vpon better ground) by the name of [s]low worms, and they are knowen easilie by their more or lesse varietie of striped colours, drawen long waies from their heads, their whole bodies little excéeding a foot in length, & yet is there venem deadlie.",
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          "text": "You spotted snakes with double tongue,\nThorny hedgehogs, be not seen;\nNewts and blind-worms, do no wrong,\nCome not near our fairy queen.",
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