CAECILIAN


Meaning of CAECILIAN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ si-ˈsil-yən, -ˈsēl-, -ˈsi-lē-ən ]

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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.