Hypertext Webster Gateway: "caecilian"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Caecilian \C[ae]*cil"i*an\ (?; 106), n. [L. caecus blind. So
named from the supposed blindness of the species, the eyes
being very minute.] (Zo["o]l.)
A limbless amphibian belonging to the order {C[ae]cili[ae]}
or {Ophimorpha}. See {Ophiomorpha}. [Written also
{c[oe]cilian}.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
caecilian
adj : of or relating to or belonging to the family Caeciliidae
n : any of the small slender limbless burrowing wormlike
amphibians of the order Gymnophiona; inhabit moist soil
in tropical regions [syn: {blindworm}]
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