The Collaborative International Dictionary
coecilian
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
coecilian
n. (context zoology English) (alternative form of caecilian English)