"caecilian" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 50:",
          "text": "Today we have just three major lineages of amphibians - the anurans (frogs and toads), the newts and salamanders, and the worm-like caecilians, all of which can trace their ancestry back to long before the dinosaurs.",
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "amphibian",
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "gimnofione"
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          "lang": "Navajo",
          "sense": "amphibian",
          "word": "łeeyiʼ chʼoshtsoh binááʼ hólónígíí"
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "amphibian",
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            "feminine"
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          "word": "cecília"
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          "roman": "červjaga",
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          "sense": "amphibian",
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          "sense": "amphibian",
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      "word": "gimnofione"
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