CAECILIIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Caeciliidae mean? 

• CAECILIIDAE (noun)
  The noun CAECILIIDAE has 1 sense:

1. coextensive with the order Gymnophiona: legless amphibians

  Familiarity information: CAECILIIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CAECILIIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Coextensive with the order Gymnophiona: legless amphibians

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Caeciliadae; Caeciliidae; family Caeciliadae; family Caeciliidae

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

amphibian family (any family of amphibians)

Meronyms (members of "Caeciliidae"):

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

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

Gymnophiona; order Gymnophiona (an order of amphibians including caecilians)

Derivation:

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