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blind snake
any burrowing snake of the family Typhlopidae and related families of warm and tropical regions, having very small or vestigial eyes -
catarrhine
(of apes and Old World monkeys) having the nostrils set close together and opening to the front of the face -
colubrid
any snake of the family Colubridae, including many harmless snakes, such as the grass snake and whip snakes, and some venomous types -
jacobson's organ
either of a pair of blind, tubular, olfactory sacs in the roof of the mouth, vestigial in humans but well-developed in many animals, especially reptiles. -
obsolescent
becoming obsolete; passing out of use, as a word: an obsolescent term. -
opisthobranch
any gastropod mollusk of the order Opisthobranchia, as the sea slugs, sea butterflies, and sea hares, characterized by a vestigial or absent mantle and shell and two pairs of tentacles.