'Caecilian' definitions:
Definition of 'caecilian'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Of or relating to or belonging to the family Caeciliidae
noun
Any of the small slender limbless burrowing wormlike amphibians of the order Gymnophiona; inhabit moist soil in tropical regions [syn: caecilian, blindworm]
Definition of 'Caecilian'
From: GCIDE
- 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]