Leptotyphlops

noun

Lep·​to·​typhlops

¦leptə+

: a genus (the type of the family Leptotyphlopidae) of small burrowing vermiform snakes of Africa, southwestern Asia, and the warmer parts of America

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from lept- + Typhlops, genus of snakes

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