coecilian

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
coecilian

▶noun variant spelling of caecilian.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
caecilian /sɪˈsɪlɪən/ (also coecilian)

▶noun Zoology a burrowing worm-like amphibian of a tropical order distinguished by poorly developed eyes and the lack of limbs. [Order Gymnophiona: many species.]

– origin from mod. L. Caecilia (genus name), from L. caecilia ‘slow-worm’, + -an.