Brennus

Legendary chief of the Senones, who defeated the Romans at the Allia, took Rome 390 B.C., and received 1,000 pounds of gold as a ransom. (2) Leader of Gauls who invaded Macedonia and Greece 280 B.C.; defeated near Delphi, 279. Blind Worm ( Anguis fragilis ). gated, often snake-like, scaly body, with short, thick tongue, indented at its thin anterior end, and slightly protrusible. Here 206 belong the Blindworm, and the Skinks or Sand Lizards. The Skinks are tropical or sub-tropical. The Ground Lizard of the s. U. S. is noted for the ease with which it detaches its tail, a new piece (said to be unsegmented) growing in place of the part lost. The Blindworm is not blind; it feeds on insects. Many of the lizard families have representatives resembling snakes, especially the An guide , as the Gla Snake, s. of the Ohio. As the long tail breaks off, it has given rise to the mistaken notion that the snake can break into pieces and then each piece can live independently of the other, or even unite again.