noun
an order of amphibians including caecilians
• Syn: ↑order Gymnophiona
• Hypernyms: ↑animal order
• Member Holonyms: ↑amphibia, ↑class Amphibia
• Member Meronyms: ↑Caeciliidae, ↑family Caeciliidae, ↑Caeciliadae, ↑family Caeciliadae
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\\-ˈfīənə\ noun pluralUsage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from gymn- + -ophiona (from Greek ophioneos of a snake, serpentlike, from ophis serpent, snake) — more at anguis
: an order of Amphibia that is coextensive with the family Caeciliidae and is distinguished by the limbless small-headed short-tailed form of its nearly eyeless members which are widely distributed in moist soil in tropical parts of the New and Old Worlds
Useful english dictionary. 2012.