caecilian Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

WordNet

Cæ*cil"i*an noun (Also<
  • Caecilian
  • Cæcilian
)
Etymology
L. caecus blind. So named from the supposed blindness of the species, the eyes being very minute.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) A limbless amphibian belonging to the order Cæciliæ or Ophimorpha. See Ophiomorpha. Written also coecilian.

Webster 1913