Dictionary entry

Slow-worm

Pronunciation: /ˈsləʊwəːm/

Pronunciation

/ˈsləʊwəːm/

Myanmar Meaning

ခြေထောက်မပါသည့် ဥရောပမှ အိမ်မြှောင်ငယ်တစ်မျိုး။

Definition

slow-worm /'slå7 w#:m/ n ေႁမြကဲ့သို႔ေျခမဲ့ေသာ ဥေရာပတိုက္ ပုတ္သင္ငယ္။

Examples

  1. ‘Celia Fiennes nearly fell off her horse in 1698 and found Ely ‘the dirtiest place I ever saw a perfect quagmire
  2. the whole city I had frogs and slow-worms and snails in my room.’’
  3. ‘There are also reptiles
  4. like adders or grass snakes
  5. slow-worms and lizards that are prone to fire damage because they cannot get out quickly enough.’
  6. ‘But carefully protect the stripy ones and the slow-worms under the carpet.’
  7. ‘Other features that had to be considered were protection of trees
  8. shrubs
  9. slow-worms and grass snakes.’
  10. ‘Our top 30 of garden creatures includes toads
  11. slow-worms
  12. dragonflies and even the humble earthworm.’
  13. ‘A battle followed to save some of the sites with slow-worms
  14. which delayed building work as English Heritage had to clear the site.’
  15. ‘Ground and rove beetles
  16. centipedes
  17. frogs and toads
  18. hedgehogs and many species of birds all eat significant numbers of slugs.’