Thunderworm

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

  Thunderworm \Thun"der*worm`\, n. (Zool.)
     A small, footless, burrowing, snakelike lizard ({Rhineura
     Floridana}) allied to Amphisbaena, native of Florida; -- so
     called because it leaves its burrows after a thundershower.
     [1913 Webster] Thundery