caecilian

[ see-sil-ee-uhn ]
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noun
  1. Also called blindworm. a legless, wormlike tropical amphibian of the order Gymnophiona (formerly Apoda), spending most of its life underground and usually almost blind.

adjective
  1. pertaining to or characteristic of a caecilian.

Origin of caecilian

1
1875–80; <Latin caecili(a) blindworm + -an

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caecilian

/ (siːˈsɪlɪən) /


noun
  1. any tropical limbless cylindrical amphibian of the order Apoda (or Gymnophiona), resembling earthworms and inhabiting moist soil

Origin of caecilian

1
C19: from Latin caecilia a kind of lizard, from caecus blind

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