Family Caeciliadae (Noun)
Meaning
Coextensive with the order Gymnophiona: legless amphibians.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- Caeciliidae is a family of legless amphibians within the order Gymnophiona.
- Family Caeciliidae are primarily ground-dwelling or burrowing, adapted to a limbless lifestyle.
- They have several distinctive characteristics, family Caeciliidae often display them.
- One common genus of the family Caeciliidae, Oscaecilia, exhibits remarkable variation.
- Researchers classify some caecilians under family Caeciliidae within the coextensive Gymnophiona order.