cae·cil·ian (s -s l yn, -sl -n, -sl-)n. Any of various legless, burrowing, wormlike amphibians of the order Gymnophiona, of tropical regions. [From Latin caecilia, a kind of lizard, from caecus, blind (from its small eyes).] |
caecilian [siːˈsɪlɪən]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any tropical limbless cylindrical amphibian of the order Apoda (or Gymnophiona), resembling earthworms and inhabiting moist soil
[from Latin caecilia a kind of lizard, from caecus blind]
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| Noun | 1. |  caecilian - any of the small slender limbless burrowing wormlike amphibians of the order Gymnophiona; inhabit moist soil in tropical regionsamphibian - cold-blooded vertebrate typically living on land but breeding in water; aquatic larvae undergo metamorphosis into adult form Caeciliadae, Caeciliidae, family Caeciliadae, family Caeciliidae - coextensive with the order Gymnophiona: legless amphibians |
| Adj. | 1. | caecilian - of or relating to or belonging to the family Caeciliidae |
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