Caeciliadae
— Noun
– English
~ coextensive with the order Gymnophiona: legless amphibians
caecilian
— Adjective
– English
~ of or relating to or belonging to the family Caeciliidae
caecilian
— Noun
– English
~ any of the small slender limbless burrowing wormlike amphibians of the order Gymnophiona; inhabit moist soil in tropical regions
Caeciliidae
— Noun
– English
~ coextensive with the order Gymnophiona: legless amphibians
caecum
— Noun
– English
~ the cavity in which the large intestine begins and into which the ileum opens; "the appendix is an offshoot of the cecum"
caelum
— Noun
– English
~ a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Columba and Eridanus
caenogenesis
— Noun
– English
~ introduction during embryonic development of characters or structure not present in the earlier evolutionary history of the strain or species (such as the addition of the placenta in mammalian evolution)
Caenolestes
— Noun
– English
~ type genus of the family Caenolestidae