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caecilian
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun caecilian has 1 sense
- caecilian(n = noun.animal) blindworm - any of the small slender limbless burrowing wormlike amphibians of the order Gymnophiona; inhabit moist soil in tropical regions; Array is a kind of amphibian
is a member of caeciliadae, caeciliidae, family caeciliadae, family caeciliidae
Derived form adjective caecilian1
Adjective caecilian has 1 sense
OXFORD DICTIONARY
caecilian, n. (also coecilian) any burrowing wormlike amphibian of the order Gymnophiona, having poorly developed eyes and no limbs.
Etymology
L caecilia kind of lizard
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