Caecilian Definition & Meaning

caecilian
adjective
  1. of or relating to or belonging to the family Caeciliidae
noun
  1. any of the small slender limbless burrowing wormlike amphibians of the order Gymnophiona; inhabit moist soil in tropical regions

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