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caecilian

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caecilian /sēˈsilyən, siˈsɪljən

/ (also coecilian)

▸ noun Zoology a burrowing wormlike amphibian of a tropical order distinguished by poorly developed eyes and the lack of limbs.

Order Gymnophiona (or Apoda): five families.

– ORIGIN from modern Latin Caecilia (genus name), from Latin caecilia ‘slow-worm’, + -an.

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