Glass-snake

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Glass-snake \Glass"-snake`\, n. (Zool.)
     A long, footless lizard ({Ophiosaurus ventralis}), of the
     Southern United States; -- so called from its fragility, the
     tail easily breaking into small pieces. It grows to the
     length of three feet. The name is applied also to similar
     species found in the Old World.


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