Caeciliidae

noun

coextensive with the order Gymnophiona: legless amphibians

• Syn: ↑family Caeciliidae, ↑Caeciliadae, ↑family Caeciliadae

• Derivationally related forms: ↑caecilian

• Hypernyms: ↑amphibian family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Gymnophiona, ↑order Gymnophiona

• Member Meronyms: ↑caecilian, ↑blindworm

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\\ˌsēsəˈlīəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Caecilia, type genus (from Latin caecilía, a lizard, from caecus blind) + -idae; from the small eyes — more at caecum

: a family (type genus Caecilia) of small slender wormlike burrowing amphibians that is coextensive with the order Gymnophiona