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Inhabit moist soil in tropical regions
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caecilian
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
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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 ...
Wikipedia
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Caecilians ( New Latin , blind ones ) are a group of limbless, serpentine amphibians . They mostly live hidden in the ground, making them the least familiar order of amphibians. All modern caecilians and their closest fossil relatives are grouped as a clade ...
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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 ]
Wiktionary
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n. Any of a group of burrowing amphibians (order Gymnophiona or Apoda) that resemble earthworms or snakes.
Usage examples of caecilian.
There is therefore strong reason for tracing the Caecilians directly from the Stegocephalia, as was the view of T.
A severe inquisition, which was taken by the Praetorian vicar, and the proconsul of Africa, the report of two episcopal visitors who had been sent to Carthage, the decrees of the councils of Rome and of Arles, and the supreme judgment of Constantine himself in his sacred consistory, were all favorable to the cause of Caecilian.