Associations to the word «Anguis»

Wiktionary

ANGUIS, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Anguidae   — the slowworms.
ANGUIS FRAGILIS, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Anguidae   — the slowworm or blindworm.

Dictionary definition

ANGUIS, noun. Type genus of the Anguidae: blindworms.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats