western blind snake

western blind snake
noun
burrows among roots of shrubs and beneath rocks in desert and rocky hillside areas and beach sand of western United States
Hypernyms: ↑blind snake, ↑worm snake
Member Holonyms: ↑Leptotyphlops, ↑genus Leptotyphlops

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