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