Found 2 items, similar to caecilian.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: caecilian caecilian 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]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Caecilian 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.] [1913 Webster]