Usually means: Small burrowing snakes with shielded tails.
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  1. shieldtail: Merriam-Webster
  2. shieldtail: Wordnik
  3. shieldtail: Wiktionary
  4. Shieldtail, shieldtail: Dictionary.com
  5. Shieldtail: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  6. shieldtail: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  7. Shieldtail: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  8. shieldtail: FreeDictionary.org
  9. Shieldtail: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (shieldtail)

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

Similar:
roughtail, uropeltid, earth snake, lowlands hump-nosed pit viper, elapid, thread snake, whip snake, lashtail, uropeltoid, elapoid, more...

Types:
slender shieldtail, common shieldtail, black shieldtail, green shieldtail, more...

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Similar:
roughtail, uropeltid, earth snake, lowlands hump-nosed pit viper, elapid, thread snake, whip snake, lashtail, uropeltoid, elapoid, more...

Types:
slender shieldtail, common shieldtail, black shieldtail, green shieldtail, more...



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