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caecilian

cae·cil·ian [ sə síllyən, sə síllee ən ] (plural cae·cil·ians)


noun 
Definition:
 
burrowing amphibian: a limbless tropical amphibian that looks like an earthworm, has small or no eyes, and burrows in the soil. Order Gymnophiona.

[Late 19th century. < modern Latin Caecilia< Latin caecilia "slowworm"]
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