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FAMILY CAECILIIDAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Coextensive with the order Gymnophiona: legless amphibians
Synonyms:
Caeciliadae; Caeciliidae; family Caeciliadae; family Caeciliidae
Classified under:
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)