Definition of "anguis" []

• A genus of scincoid lizards, typical of the family Anguidæ, represented by the slow-worm or blind-worm of Europe, Anguis fragilis, as the best-known species. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "In Latin, the proper phrase for my aunt is “anguis in herba” …"
• "This sounds well, makes a fair show, and there is, in some regard, truth in what is spoken; but "Latet anguis in herba," -- Let men explain themselves, and it is this: The receiving of Christ as a king, is the yielding obedience to him."
• "“Latet anguis” also in the adding “grass” of that exegetical term “pre-ordinated,” — predestinated, that is, pre-ordinated."