Caecilian

[si:'siliәn]

(noun.) any of the small slender limbless burrowing wormlike amphibians of the order Gymnophiona; inhabit moist soil in tropical regions.

(adj.) of or relating to or belonging to the family Caeciliidae .

Inputed by Liza--From WordNet

(n.) A limbless amphibian belonging to the order Caeciliae or Ophimorpha. See Ophiomorpha.

Edited by Dwight