shieldtail

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

shield +‎ tail

Noun

shieldtail (plural shieldtails)

1. Any species of small burrowing snakes of the family Uropeltidae, native to Sri Lanka and Southern Asia.

Synonyms

• pipe snake

References

• “shieldtail”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• hiatellids, tailshield