Dictionary entry

Cæcilian

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Cæ‐cil″i‐an (?; 106), n. [L. caecus blind. So named from the supposed blindness of the species, the eyes being very minute.] (Zoöl.) A limbless amphibian belonging to the order Cæciliæ or Ophimorpha. See Ophiomorpha. [Written also cœcilian.]