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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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.] (Zo["o]l.) A limbless amphibian belonging to the order {C[ae]cili[ae]} or {Ophimorpha}. See {Ophiomorpha}. [Written also {c[oe]cilian}.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: caecilian adj : of or relating to or belonging to the family Caeciliidae n : any of the small slender limbless burrowing wormlike amphibians of the order Gymnophiona; inhabit moist soil in tropical regions [syn: {blindworm}]
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