Crossword clues for caecilian
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.]
Wiktionary
n. Any of a group of burrowing amphibians (order Gymnophiona or Apoda) that resemble earthworms or snakes.
WordNet
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]
Wikipedia
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, Apoda, within the larger group Gymnophiona, which also includes more primitive extinct caecilian-like amphibians. Caecilians are mostly distributed in the tropics of South and Central America, Africa, and southern Asia. The diets of caecilians are not well known.
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.