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CAECILIADAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Caeciliadae mean?
• CAECILIADAE (noun)
The noun CAECILIADAE has 1 sense:
1. coextensive with the order Gymnophiona: legless amphibians
Familiarity information: CAECILIADAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Coextensive with the order Gymnophiona: legless amphibians
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Caeciliadae; Caeciliidae; family Caeciliadae; family Caeciliidae
Hypernyms ("Caeciliadae" is a kind of...):
amphibian family (any family of amphibians)
Meronyms (members of "Caeciliadae"):
blindworm; caecilian (any of the small slender limbless burrowing wormlike amphibians of the order Gymnophiona; inhabit moist soil in tropical regions)
Holonyms ("Caeciliadae" is a member of...):
Gymnophiona; order Gymnophiona (an order of amphibians including caecilians)
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