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CAECILIADAE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Coextensive with the order Gymnophiona: legless amphibians

Synonyms:

Caeciliadae; Caeciliidae; family Caeciliadae; family Caeciliidae

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Nouns denoting animals

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

amphibian family (any family of amphibians)

Meronyms (members of "Caeciliadae"):

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

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

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

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