n.
Pronunciation: si- ' sil-y ə n, - ' s ē l-, - ' si-l ē - ə n
Function: noun
Etymology: ultimately from Latin caecilia slowworm, from caecus blind
Date: circa 1879
: any of an order (Gymnophiona) of chiefly tropical burrowing limbless amphibians resembling worms
– caecilian adjective