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FAMILY CAECILIIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does family Caeciliidae mean?
• FAMILY CAECILIIDAE (noun)
The noun FAMILY CAECILIIDAE has 1 sense:
1. coextensive with the order Gymnophiona: legless amphibians
Familiarity information: FAMILY CAECILIIDAE 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 ("family Caeciliidae" is a kind of...):
amphibian family (any family of amphibians)
Meronyms (members of "family Caeciliidae"):
blindworm; caecilian (any of the small slender limbless burrowing wormlike amphibians of the order Gymnophiona; inhabit moist soil in tropical regions)
Holonyms ("family Caeciliidae" is a member of...):
Gymnophiona; order Gymnophiona (an order of amphibians including caecilians)
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