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Caecilian

//sɪˈsɪlɪən// noun

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Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to or belonging to the family Caeciliidae wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    Any of a group of burrowing amphibians of the order Gymnophiona that resemble earthworms or snakes.

    "Today we have just three major lineages of amphibians - the anurans (frogs and toads), the newts and salamanders, and the worm-like caecilians, all of which can trace their ancestry back to long before the dinosaurs."

  2. 2
    any of the small slender limbless burrowing wormlike amphibians of the order Gymnophiona; inhabit moist soil in tropical regions wordnet

Etymology

From Latin caecus (“blind”).

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