Dictionary entry
Southeastwards
Pronunciation
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Myanmar Meaning
(also south-eastward ) အရှေ့တောင်ယွန်းယွန်း။
Definition
slow-worm /'slå7 w#:m/ n ေႁမြကဲ့သို႔ေျခမဲ့ေသာ ဥေရာပတိုက္ ပုတ္သင္ငယ္။
Examples
- ‘Celia Fiennes nearly fell off her horse in 1698 and found Ely ‘the dirtiest place I ever saw a perfect quagmire
- the whole city I had frogs and slow-worms and snails in my room.’’
- ‘There are also reptiles
- like adders or grass snakes
- slow-worms and lizards that are prone to fire damage because they cannot get out quickly enough.’
- ‘But carefully protect the stripy ones and the slow-worms under the carpet.’
- ‘Other features that had to be considered were protection of trees
- shrubs
- slow-worms and grass snakes.’
- ‘Our top 30 of garden creatures includes toads
- slow-worms
- dragonflies and even the humble earthworm.’
- ‘A battle followed to save some of the sites with slow-worms
- which delayed building work as English Heritage had to clear the site.’
- ‘Ground and rove beetles
- centipedes
- frogs and toads
- hedgehogs and many species of birds all eat significant numbers of slugs.’