A genus of limbless lizards including only the blindworm or slowworm: "Although they are lizards, the Anquis do not have legs and so they are often thought to be snakes."

"The Anquis, of the Anquidae genus, have been described as a small burrowing, legless European lizard, with tiny eyes; so, many believe that it is blind."

A snake in the grass.

A traitor or disloyal friend; an unsuspected danger.