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CAECILIAN

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Any of the small slender limbless burrowing wormlike amphibians of the order Gymnophiona; inhabit moist soil in tropical regions

Synonyms:

blindworm; caecilian

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("caecilian" is a kind of...):

amphibian (cold-blooded vertebrate typically living on land but breeding in water; aquatic larvae undergo metamorphosis into adult form)

Holonyms ("caecilian" is a member of...):

Caeciliadae; Caeciliidae; family Caeciliadae; family Caeciliidae (coextensive with the order Gymnophiona: legless amphibians)

Derivation:

caecilian (of or relating to or belonging to the family Caeciliidae)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or belonging to the family Caeciliidae

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

family Caeciliidae (coextensive with the order Gymnophiona: legless amphibians)

Derivation:

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

Caeciliidae (coextensive with the order Gymnophiona: legless amphibians)

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