Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Caecilian \C[ae]*cil"i*an\ (?; 106), n. [L. caecus blind. So
   named from the supposed blindness of the species, the eyes
   being very minute.] (Zo["o]l.)
   A limbless amphibian belonging to the order {C[ae]cili[ae]}
   or {Ophimorpha}. See {Ophiomorpha}. [Written also
   {c[oe]cilian}.]

Source : WordNet®

caecilian
     adj : of or relating to or belonging to the family Caeciliidae
     n : any of the small slender limbless burrowing wormlike
         amphibians of the order Gymnophiona; inhabit moist soil
         in tropical regions [syn: {blindworm}]