Associations to the word «Caecilian»

Wiktionary

CAECILIAN, noun. Any of a group of burrowing amphibians (order Gymnophiona or Apoda) that resemble earthworms or snakes.

Dictionary definition

CAECILIAN, noun. Any of the small slender limbless burrowing wormlike amphibians of the order Gymnophiona; inhabit moist soil in tropical regions.
CAECILIAN, adjective. Of or relating to or belonging to the family Caeciliidae.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope