caecilian

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caecilian - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.] (Zool.)
     A limbless amphibian belonging to the order C[ae]cili[ae]
     or Ophimorpha. See Ophiomorpha. [Written also
     c[oe]cilian.]
     [1913 Webster]

caecilian - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  caecilian
      adj 1: of or relating to or belonging to the family Caeciliidae
      n 1: any of the small slender limbless burrowing wormlike
           amphibians of the order Gymnophiona; inhabit moist soil in
           tropical regions [syn: caecilian, blindworm]